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Leucadendron 'Jubilee Crown' - A dense evergreen shrub to 4 to 6 feet tall by 3 to 4 feet wide with an upright rounded habit with attractive narrow blue green slightly hairy leaves. A female selection with cones of green bracts that turn red when grown in sun. These cones are often described as raspberry shaped from the top in the same color as this fruit and are most colorful late season from April to June.
Plant in full sun in a well-drained, preferably acidic, soil. Give occasional to infrequent irrigation. Hardy to 23°F. A great short screening or hedge plant that produces long stem (16 to 36 inch) cut flowers. The cultivar name comes from the top of the cone, which resembles a red crown and were thought perfect for picking late season near Christmas in the Southern Hemisphere (summer here in the northern hemisphere). It has a long vase life from 7 to 21 days, which is enhanced if placed in deep buckets of cold water when cut to cool and hydrate the stems thoroughly.
This selection was made by David and Ilse Matthews of Proteaflora Nursery in South Australia. It was first reported as being a Leucadendron laxum selection and recorded in Protea Registry and received Plant Breeders Rights in 1996 in South Africa with this information. In more recent DNA work, such as a 2005 paper in The Annals of Botany titled "Molecular Variation and Fingerprinting of Leucadendron Cultivars (Proteaceae) by ISSR Markers" by Made Pharmawati, Guijun Yan and Patrick Finnegan, there is the suggestion that the parentage of this cultivar is more complex. In most recent listings it is noted as a Leucadendron laxum or Leucadendron lanigerum hybrid or a cross between these two species.
Information displayed on this page about Leucadendron 'Jubilee Crown' is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will 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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