I've tried to grow several of them and they don't like my yard. I've tried everything from watering regularly to ignoring them and just about everything in between. It's cooler here than where you are, I am about 10 miles inland from the coast at Pismo Beach. There is a nursery here in Los Osos, on the coast, that grows Proteas and other Aussy plants so maybe they just like a little more air moisture than they get with me. In any case I have found them picky, which is a shame because they are gorgeous and I would love to have a bunch of them.
