| Life form | Tree, Shrub |
| Family | Proteaceae |
| Origin | Australia, New Guinea |
| Ease of cultivation | Easy with small difficulties. |
| The size | At home up to 2 m in height. |
| Growth rate | High: up to 30 cm per year. |
| Lifespan | Perennial |
| Temperature | In summer: the upper limit is 75,2 ° F, in the winter the lower 46,4-50 ° F. However it can tolerate short-term frosts. |
| Humidity | Daily spraying with soft water is required. |
| Lighting | Scattered light, the east window approaches. Can also grow in mild shade. |
| The soil | Suitable soil for heather. For soil preparation: 1 part of the leaf land, 2 parts of coniferous land, 1 part of coarse-grained sand or perlite, 1 part of peat. Requires a pot with a hole. |
| Watering | In spring and summer, the soil should not dry out, in winter between watering it should dry up to 2.5 cm, water once a day in 8 days. Water for irrigation should be soft. |
| Fertilizer | From spring to autumn, regularly fed once every 2 weeks with a complex soluble fertilizer. |
| Reproduction | Spread by cuttings in summer under diffuse illumination. Seed propagation is possible, which must be fresh, because quickly lose their germination. Seeds are sown in a mixture of leaf land and sand with the addition of sod and humus earth to a depth of 1 cm and germinate at a temperature of 71,6-77 ° F. Germinate after about 2 weeks. When seedlings form the second leaf, a pick is performed. Then they are seated in separate pots. |
| Bloom | Flowers orange, collected in a brush, in the room conditions does not bloom. |
| Transfer | In spring, once a year in March, when the roots appear from the drainage hole. The pot is taken 1.5 times more than the previous one. |
| Features of care | The shoots in spring can be cut to half the length to form the crown. In the summer you can take out on the street.Does not tolerate hard water. |
| Difficulties | It is affected by spider mites, mealybugs, as well as aphids. |
| Air cleaning | – |
| Toxicity | Skin contact can cause redness, itching and rash. |
