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| Category: Shrub |
| Family: Proteaceae (Proteas) |
| Origin: South Africa (Africa) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: Orange Red |
| Bloomtime: Spring/Summer |
| Parentage: (Leucospermum glabrum x L. lineare) |
| Height: 6-8 feet |
| Width: 4-6 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Low Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F |
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Leucospermum 'Tango' - A dense attractive upright shrub that grows to 6 to 8 feet tall by 4 to 6 feet wide with narrow long green leaves and brilliant bright orange flowers in late spring and early summer. The flowers are long stems and composed of orange stamens and red perianth ribbons. Plant out in the open in full sun in a well-drained soil and irrigate occasionally to infrequently. Hardy to around 24° F. This is a very attractive and hardy drought tolerant shrub for the garden where it can be used as a screening or hedge plant or even in a large container and is excellent for cut flower use and for attracting nectar feeding birds into the garden. This plant is a hybrid between Leucospermum glabrum and Leucospermum linare. Though it is variously listed in online sources as L. glabrum x L. linare, indicating that L glabrum is the seed parent, or the reverse with L. linare as the seed parent, it is in fact the former. In the Horticultural Flora of South-Eastern Australia, Volume 3 by Roger Spencer, this plant is listed as a cross between Leucospermum glabrum 'Helderfontein' and Leucospermum linare 'Diadem'. It originated at the Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute in South Africa in 1979 and selected in 1984 and entered into cultivation in 1993. We received this plant from Dennis Perry of Protea USA. Image on this page from Wikimedia and taken by user Flying Freddy.
This information is based on research conducted about this plant in our nursery library and from reliable online sources. We also take into consideration observations of it in our nursery of crops, as well as of plants growing in the nursery's garden and those in other gardens we have visited. We will incorporate comments received from others and welcome getting feedback from anyone who may have additional information, particularly if it includes cultural information that would aid others in growing Leucospermum 'Tango'. |
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