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, cold hardy and 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.

Leucospermum 'Tango' 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 was 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. 

The information displayed on this page about Leucospermum 'Tango' 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.