Proteas are one of the most ancient families of flowers on Earth. Greek mythology says these plants were named in honor of Proteus, son of Poseidon. Proteus was a powerful sea god who had the power to ...

You may be inspired to pet some of the furry ones, stroking plush, spotted tips and scalloped edges while holding them close. The brightly plumed, spiky ones may prompt you to recall your coral reef ...

To get to the very top parcels of land in Rainbow owned by Ismael “Mel” Resendiz, you have to drive up a long, narrow road, much of it paved, some — oy — not, with more hairpin curves than the Grand ...

Reading under a gas lamp on a Santa Barbara winery, Mike Astone had no idea that one book from the shelf would soon redirect the course of his life. When a growing manual for exotic protea flowers ...

Lee Anne Kientzy has been growing protea in her Morgan Hill garden for a while, but this is the first time her yellow pincushion has bloomed. This South African native plant, also called a sugarbush, ...

Journey up steep terrain in San Diego County to see how farmers grow protea flowers. Journey up steep terrain in San Diego County to see how farmers grow protea flowers for bouquets. Protea flowers ...