Leucadendron

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

Leucadendron Yellow Devil is zesty and bright, tall and dense with lemon-lime leaves with fresh cream right at the centre. Long stems of slender teardrop-shaped "flowers" in creamy yellow appear in winter right through spring. Plant as a low hedge or screen, in containers or en masse for the full effect. Yellow Devil is ideal for cut 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 1.5m x width 1.5m

Leucadendron Devils Blush is a low, compact shrub featuring grey-green foliage on red stems and beautiful burgundy flowers in winter. Devils Blush is suitable as a filler in the garden bed and looks amazing as a potted specimen. Ideal for low maintenance, low water use gardens, containers and use as a low hedge. Prune in late spring to encourage new growth and maintain shape.

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

Leucadendron Jester is a spectacular tall shrub with year-round colour. The foliage displays a stunning pink variegation of green, pink and cream which develops a brilliant red flush as the weather cools. 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

Leucadendron Inca Gold is a striking upright evergreen shrub prized for its vivid seasonal display - bringing bold, luminous colour to your garden. This densely bushy variety features broad mid-green foliage and strong red-tinted stems that add interest even before flowering begins. In spring, the stems are crowned with wide, tulip-shaped yellow bracts that glow with intensity, their edges delicately brushed in red. As the cooler months arrive, these bracts deepen to a rich, warm gold, making Inca Gold a standout in late winter and early spring landscapes. The medium-length stems are ideal for picking and floral work, offering long-lasting colour both in the garden and the vase. 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 soil.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Frost, drought and coastal tolerant.
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1.5m

Light up your garden with this Sacred Cone leucadendron. The variegation of the needles and deep brown cones will set your yard ablaze in a soft textural cloud. The perfect plant to add softness and a point of difference to an otherwise green garden bed. An excellent hardy compact shrub that fits in well with native or exotic gardens or kept in a pot as a feature on your deck. Low water requirements once established.
Sit back, relax and enjoy the beauty of the Sacred cone.

Soil: Free draining acidic soil (pH 5.5)
Conditions: Full sun, spring flowering
Size: 75cm H x 75cm W

Leucadendron galpinii Purple Haze is a striking evergreen shrub prized for its dramatic foliage colour and architectural form. During winter, the plant develops deep purple tones through its foliage, beautifully contrasted by silver-grey highlights that create a shimmering effect in the garden. In late spring to summer, attractive silver cones appear, adding further visual interest and making the plant highly desirable for floral arrangements and cut flowers. This smaller-growing leucadendron makes an excellent feature plant, with its unusual purple-tinted foliage providing a bold contrast among green shrubs and perennials. It works well in garden beds, coastal gardens, and low-maintenance landscapes, and also performs beautifully in large pots or containers where its colour and form can be showcased.

Soil: Well-drained, native soil.
Conditions: Full sun position. Light frost and drought tolerant once established.
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1m

A lovely medium-sized shrub, Leucadendron Strawberries and Cream shows off stunning pink red blooms with creamy centres during the cooler months - adding winter colour to your garden. Suitable for cut flowers, Strawberries and Cream is equally at home in garden beds or on display in pots and containers. Although Leucadendrons are drought tolerant, the soil should be kept moist in the first year until the plant is established. Prune Leucadendron Strawberries and Cream in Late Spring to encourage new growth and maintain shape.

Soil: Plant in a free-draining acidic soil.
Conditions: Thrives in a full sun to part shade position.
Size: Height 1.5m x width 1.5m