Looking for stems of beautiful red protea for the holidays? How about using Ceres? This queen-size bloom or what we call a ‘Hybrid Queen’ is a superb blend of magnifica and obtusifolia. Simply stunning with crimson-red bracts and white feathery tips, Ceres is extremely hardy and opens slowly over days providing an exceptional long vase-life And, when fully open, the bloom is quite spectacular at 5 to 6 inches in diameter… making it an eye-catching feature in an design!
Divine green foliage and sturdy long stems makes Ceres a prized protea for any flower lover. Plus, because its main flowering period is through fall into winter, there’s a bounty of beauty, love and joy to spread through the holiday season and right into Valentine’s Day.
Ceres’ captivating bloom will surely steal the spotlight in any bouquet or arrangement.
Protea Ceres. A QUEEN SIZE bloom or what we call a ‘Hybrid Queen’→ this breathtaking protea is a splendid blend of magnifica and obtusifolia. When fully open, this flower is often 5 to 6 inches in diameter… making those crimson-red bracts with white feathery tips hard to miss in the field and definitely in a bouquet or arrangement!
Ceres has divine deep green leaves and sturdy long stems. And since this stunning protea is in blooms winter through early spring, there’s a bounty of beauty, love and joy to spread through the holiday season and right into Valentine’s Day.
Lady Di, a wonderful, ‘newbie’ here on the farm. This stunning hybrid queen is a blend of Protea magnifica ‘queen’ and compacta. With a medium-to-large size bloom, Lady Di plays off more of the soft, velvety appearance of compacta and lacks the woolly beard of the magnifica. Its long floral bracts are pink, plush and tipped in delicate white fur, then shading to cream at the base while surrounding a silvery-pink central dome. Lady Di is a bloom with plenty of charisma that will keep you enchanted for weeks.
Lady Di typically blooms winter through early spring, helping us beat the cold weather blues with its gorgeous color and fabulous texture. In the field it's sensational, but from there the designing ideas started flowing through my mind and mixed in a bouquet, there’s no doubt this protea ranks among the royal.
