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Leucospermum 'Spider Hybrid' (Spider Pincushion) - A large shrub to 10 feet across by 6-8 feet tall with nice salmon and golden-yellow pincushion flowers with red-tipped stamens in late winter to early spring.
It does best in the full sun with good drainage and is tolerant of moderate frosts once established. Prune prior to flush of growth in spring to maintain smaller size. It is a nice garden plant and great for cut flowers for the vase.
Leucospermum 'Spider Hybrid' is the result of a cross between Leucospermum tottum and Leucospermum formosum. This plant came to us from Protea grower Dennis Perry who did not know who bred it but we thought it a great plant and grew it from 2000 until 2021.
The information displayed on this page about Leucospermum 'Spider Hybrid' is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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