Leucadendron discolor
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For such a compact shrub you sure do get a lot of colour right through the year!
Firm bold foliage is a soft blue-green, on strong upright pink-red stems.
Come the end of winter, and the flowers start to develop - a cup of golden-cream leaf-petals tipped in red surrounding the true flowers, a cone of glowing orange-red. That's where these plants get their common name of conebush!
The flowers are long-lasting on the plant and as cut flowers in a vase. Discolor is small enough to grow in pots, which is handy if your soil is alkaline.
Garden images: Forest & Kim Starr cropped to size.
Leucadendron discolor - conebushAPPEARANCE : Small evergreen open branching shrub from South Africa. Blue-green foliage all year; long stems of pale yellow "flowers" with the true red-orange flower cones in the centre of the leaves in spring. Flowers appear when the plants are 2-3 years old, usually.
USE FOR: Suitable for garden beds, low hedges, borders, and container planting.
CLIMATE : Frost tolerant to -5C and drought tolerant once established.
PLANTING : Prefers full sun to part shade. Prefers free-draining acid soil.
CARE: Mulch and water regularly during the first 4-6 weeks; water during the first year while the plant is establishing, and in prolonged dry spells. spent flowerheads can be pruned away to shape the bush or left in situ as they are ornamental. A very hardy, low maintenance plant
HEIGHT & WIDTH: 1 m H x 1 m W.
YOUR PLANTS : These are tubestock plants, healthy young plants with new roots that will establish quickly in your garden. The pot size is 80mm high and 42 mm wide.
You can see an example in the image gallery.
What is tubestock?
USE FOR: Suitable for garden beds, low hedges, borders, and container planting.
CLIMATE : Frost tolerant to -5C and drought tolerant once established.
PLANTING : Prefers full sun to part shade. Prefers free-draining acid soil.
CARE: Mulch and water regularly during the first 4-6 weeks; water during the first year while the plant is establishing, and in prolonged dry spells. spent flowerheads can be pruned away to shape the bush or left in situ as they are ornamental. A very hardy, low maintenance plant
HEIGHT & WIDTH: 1 m H x 1 m W.
YOUR PLANTS : These are tubestock plants, healthy young plants with new roots that will establish quickly in your garden. The pot size is 80mm high and 42 mm wide.
You can see an example in the image gallery.
What is tubestock?
| Plants For State | ACT,NSW,NT,QLD,SA,TAS,VIC,WA |
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| In Stock | not currently available |
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