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Proteaceae
Blushing Bride
Serruria florida
pure beauty and new beginnings.
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Serruria
- Native to
- South Africa (Fynbos, Western Cape)
- Bloom season
- Winter, Spring
- Type
- shrub
- Height
- 3-5 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- sandy, acidic, well-drained, low-phosphorus
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 9-10
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Blushing bride is one of South Africa's most beloved fynbos cut flowers, exported worldwide for wedding arrangements and bouquets.
- Its feathery, silk-like flowerheads are actually made up of many small flowers surrounded by papery bracts — not true petals.
- It is critically endangered in the wild, with only a handful of populations surviving in the Franschhoek and Villiersdorp mountains.
- Like many fynbos plants, it is serotinous — its seeds are released by fire, which also clears competing vegetation.
- The genus Serruria belongs to the Proteaceae, an ancient Southern Hemisphere family that traces its lineage to the breakup of Gondwana 100 million years ago.
Color meanings
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purity
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new beginnings
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delicate grace