you need to upload your photo Junna.

No photo Junna ?

Ok, Seaburngirl n' Pamg, very sorry , its a mistake on my part :-(

It's a protea.

Hello Andrewr, Many thanks, for the info, feelin happy :-) Its PROTEA !

National flower of South Africa...

Saw some on Tresco......such a large flower

Well the showy part of the 'flower' is the bracts Pamg the flowers itself themselves are massed inside the 'cup'.

Thanks Mg.......

As well as not being hardy in most of the UK, proteas have specific requirements. For further information on growing them, visit either

www.burncoose.co.uk/site/page.cfm?page_ref=how_to_care_for_proteas

or

www.trevenacross.co.uk/downloads/ProteaNew.pdf

Thank you for the additional info Andrewr, Pamg, Moon Growe, now i know more about this :-)))