Better Homes and Gardens (Australia)
HISTORICAL RELATIONS
• Proteas are o en mistaken for Australian natives but they come from South Africa.
• They have the same needs as our natives because millions of years ago Australia and South Africa were part of the super continent Gondwana.
• As the countries dri ed apart, proteas, leucadendrons and pincushions stayed in South Africa while Australia developed other branches of the family – grevilleas, banksias, hakeas and waratahs.