Re: Hardy 'pretty' flowers/Kangaroo Paw?

I don't know about the acidic soil , but possibilities that come to mind are:
 
Byrsonima lucida, Locustberry;  pink-yellow fls - red fruit
Xeronema calistemon,  poor knight's lily; red flowers
Pancratium maritimum,  Sea Daffodil, Sea Lily, Lys de Mer;  - white flowers
Borrichia frutescens, Sea Oxeye Daisy;  yellow flowers.
 
I doubt that any, other than the Borrichia is long flowering.  There may be come small acacias that are long flowering - and of course the proteas that you already know about.
 
Richard Starkeson
Berkeley, California

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 Charl de Winnaar wrote:
Hi
 
My indigenous garden is 4 years old and thriving. However, I am being badgered by the government (my wife) to introduce  'pretty' flowers,  and some colour (other than blue and grey) into the garden.
 
Can anyone recommend long-flowering or colourfully foliaged plants for a garden that is subject to salt-laden, high-speed winds (although there are barrier plants in place) and a Mediterranean type climate. In this case the 'soil' is hydrophobic sand that proteas and  restoids, for instance, thrive in.  The plants will be mulched and watered as water restrictions permit.
 
 The plant would thus have to cope with acidic sand, be salt and wind tolerant and be able to endure long, hot dry spells with intermittent watering.  Also, it needs to withstand some root disturbance as I co-exist with some 'creeping' moles (at the cost of the odd protea).   
 
 
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