Shrubs

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

Protea Pink Crown is a compact evergreen shrub celebrated for its breathtaking autumn to winter display. It produces soft, pale pink and cream flowers with delicately layered bracts that create a refined, almost ethereal appearance. The blooms look spectacular showcased on the shrub and are equally impressive as long-lasting cut flowers indoors. Ideal as a stand-alone specimen, Pink Crown makes a striking focal point in garden beds, native landscapes, or decorative containers. Its naturally neat growth habit makes it well suited to smaller gardens while still delivering dramatic visual impact. Light pruning after flowering will help maintain shape and encourage a bushier, more compact growth habit, ensuring an even more abundant floral display the following season.

Soil: Well-drained soil. If you don't have well-drained soil, create a mound to facilitate planting
Conditions: Full sun. Drought, heat and coastal tolerant. Provide shelter in colder climates.
Size: Height 1.5-1.8m x width 1.5-1.8m

Protea Frosted Fire is a breathtaking fusion of beauty and resilience that will ignite your garden with its unique charm and vibrant colours. Frosted Fire captivates with its fiery red bracts tipped with a delicate touch of frosty white. These stunning flowers bloom from late winter through spring, creating a dazzling display of colour and texture that will make your garden stand out. Whether you’re aiming to create a bold focal point, enhance a mixed border, or design a distinctive hedge, Frosted Fire is incredibly versatile. 

Soil: Well-draining native soil.
Conditions: Prefers full sun and is drought, coastal and moderately frost tolerant.
Size: Height 2.5m x width 2m  

Australis Passion is a rare compact protea with creamy pink feathery flower bracts surrounding a dark centre. The protea flowers from autumn to spring; providing a stunning splash of colour to the garden during the colder months and supplying food for birds and bees. Plant as a feature, into tubs, shape into a low hedge or mass plant for a stunning effect. As with all proteas, Australis Passion is a fantastic cut flower. Be sure to use a native soil mix when planting. Exotic potting mix or exotic fertiliser will kill them.

Soil: Well-drained soil. If you have clay soils, use mounds to facilitate drainage.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Frost, drought and coastal tolerant
Size: Height 2m x width 2m

Protea Mayday is a perfect feature plant. Showing off soft grey/green foliage and spectacular pink flowers gently tipped in white, this larger growing protea will make an elegant statement wherever it is used. The showy flowers look impressive in the garden as a feature, mass planting, or a screen. The flowers are equally beautiful in a vase freshly picked, or used as part of a dried flower arrangement. Ensure an Australian native potting mix and fertiliser is used if growing in pots, and select a pot with adequate drainage holes as these plants do not like to be waterlogged.

Soil: Well-drained soil. In heavy soils, create a mound for planting.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Drought, frost and coast tolerant.
Size: Height 2m x width 2m

Protea Christine is a compact protea with an eye-catching winter display of deep pink flowers that look spectacular both on the shrub and as a cut flower. Christine is ideal for small areas, rockeries and containers. Protea Christine fits in well with low maintenance, low water use gardens, and as with all proteas, Christine is perfect as a cut flower. Avoid exotic potting mixes and fertilizers as these products can kill proteas.

Soil: Well-drained soil. With clay soils, create a mound to facilitate drainage.
Conditions: Full sun to part shade. Drought, coastal and moderately frost tolerant.
Size: Height 2.5m x width 2.5m