Leucadendron

Leucadendron salignum Red Devil is a compact, evergreen shrub known for its striking red foliage and vibrant floral bracts. Its eye-catching red bracts appear in autumn and winter, providing stunning colour when many other plants are dormant. The fine, narrow leaves take on warm red and bronze tones year-round, adding to its cheerful display. Red Devil is perfect for feature planting, borders, low hedging, and container growing. It is also ideal for cut flowers, making it a popular choice for florists.

Soil: Suitable for a variety of soil types but must be well drained.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Frost, drought and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 1-1.5m x width 1-1.2m

Leucadendron salignum × discolor Lime Magic is a beautiful, upright-growing shrub prized for its fresh, luminous colour and architectural form. Flowering in early spring, it displays creamy white to pale lime blooms held above vivid lime-green foliage, creating a clean, modern look that brightens the garden when many plants are just waking up.

Naturally neat and vertical in habit, Lime Magic works wonderfully as a feature plant, in mixed native garden beds, or grown in pots and containers. The long-lasting stems also make it an excellent choice for cut flowers and floral arrangements. When growing in containers, use an Australian native potting mix and a low-phosphorus native fertiliser, and always choose pots with excellent drainage.

 

Soil: Well-drained acidic soil, low pH

Conditions: Full sun, low water use, light frost tolerance

Size: Height 1.5m x width 1.0m

Leucadendron Sixteen Candles is a garden spectacle with vibrant green foliage on pink stems. Its striking flower bracts reveal shades of pinky-cream and apricot through winter and spring, which are stunning in cut flower arrangements. Sixteen Candles is particularly perfect for small, low-maintenance gardens, and grows well in pots and containers. A robust and reliable performer, this shrub maintains a neat, upright form and responds beautifully to pruning. For best results, trim back stems in late spring to encourage dense, fresh growth for the following season.

Soil: Well-drained, acidic soil.
Conditions: Full sun. Drought, light frost, heat and coastal tolerant
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1m

Leucadendron Jolly Joker brings a vibrant touch to the garden. It is a tall shrub ablaze with colour, featuring stunning bright red and green-tipped variegated foliage. Deep red bracts surrounding attractive cone-like flowers top the branches late winter into spring. Plant en masse for an informal screen. Excellent foliage for floral arrangements.

Soil: Well-drained soil. Water well during the first two years for the plant to establish.
Conditions: Full sun. Tolerates light frost, drought and coastal conditions.
Size: Height 2.5m x width 1.5m

A uniquely coloured tree, Leucadendron argenteum Silver Tree produces wonderful silver-green leaves with a furry texture. In hot and drier weather the leaves will be more silver. The bright lime-green flower heads appear in spring, followed by large, dark brown seed cones. A hardy, evergreen plant Silver Tree is ideal for cut flowers and superb in the home garden. Prune to shape and size. Avoid disturbing the roots as this can kill the tree.

Soil: Slightly acid, light or sandy soils with added humus that are well drained (as with most protaceae they will keel over if their feet get too wet)
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Coastal and frost tolerant.
Size: Height 10m x width 4m

Leucadendron Safari Gold Strike is a vigorous and fast-growing dense medium-sized shrub with bright yellow bracts displayed from late summer through to winter. The flowers are composed of bright clean yellow bracts surrounding the central female cone on strong long stems. This is an excellent candidate for cut flower and foliage harvesting and look at home in display pots or garden beds. Prune Safari Gold Strike after flowering to maintain shape and size.

Soil: Well-drained native soil mix. If you have clay soils, use mounds to facilitate drainage.
Conditions: Prefers full sun, These plants are coast, heat, drought and frost tolerant once established.
Size: Height 2m x width 2m

Leucadendron Harlequin is an attractive shrub that grows beautifully in low-maintenance and low-water gardens. With green foliage and bright red stems, there is colour and interest all year round. As the weather cools the flower bracts change colour from orange to pink and cream making this a great all year feature plant. Harlequin makes a perfect low-growing hedge or in containers and garden beds.

Soil: Well-drained soil. Water well during the first two years for the plant to establish.
Conditions: Full sun. Tolerates light frost, drought and coastal conditions.
Size: Height 2.5m x width 2m

Leucadendron laureolum Winter Gold is a luminous evergreen shrub that brings a warm glow to the garden all year round. Its golden-yellow foliage intensifies beautifully in the cooler months, creating a brilliant contrast against winter’s muted tones. This larger-growing, hardy shrub features bold bright-green leaves and striking yellow flower-like bracts that appear through the depths of winter, making it an eye-catching focal point in garden beds, feature pots, and water-wise landscapes. Low-maintenance and adaptable, Winter Gold thrives in a range of conditions and rewards with reliable colour and structure. Its long-lasting stems are also excellent for cut flower arrangements, adding vibrant warmth and brightness to indoor displays.

Soil: Well-drained soil.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Frost, drought and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 2m x width 1.5m