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Products > Leucospermum 'High Gold'   Leucospermum 'High Gold' - Nodding pincushion       Habit and Cultural Information Category: Shrub Family: Proteaceae (Proteas) Origin: South Africa (Africa) Evergreen: Yes Flower Color: Yellow Bloomtime: Spring Parentage: (L. cordifolium 'Yellow Bird' x L. patersonii) Height: 4-5 feet Width: 6-8 feet Exposure: Full Sun Summer Dry: Yes Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs Winter Hardiness: 25-30° F Leucospermum 'High Gold' (Golden Nodding pincushion) - This is an attractive upright mounding shrub up to 5 feet tall with a 6 foot spread. It produces gray-green leaves and yellow, distinctively dome-shaped flowers, that are 4 inches wide on long stems that last for a prolonged period in mid spring on the plant and in the vase. It does best in the full sun in a well-drained soil. It is drought tolerant once established but is not cold hardy much below 30 F. This variety is considered to be an improvement on Leucospermum cordifolium 'Yellow Bird', which is one parent with Leucospermum patersonii as the pollen parent. This plant was developed by the Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute, a division of the Agricultural Research Council of South Africa. It was first hybridized in 1980 with Plant Breeder Rights granted in 1991 and was granted US Plant Patent to Zorro Farms in 1998. Mel Resendiz had originally worked at Zorro Farms and when this nursery shut down the patent was reassigned to Resendiz Brothers Nursery. The patent on this plant expired in 1997.  The information about Leucospermum 'High Gold' displayed on this page is based on research conducted in our nursery library and from online sources we consider reliable. We will also relate those observations made of this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and in other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has additional information, particularly when they share cultural information that would aid others in growing it.     [MORE INFO]