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Leucadendron 'Safari Sunset' (Safari Conebush) - A vigorous, tall and erect growing shrub that reaches to over 8 feet tall, but can be kept lower and more dense with regular pruning. It has green leaves and very deep, red-colored bracts forming on longs stems beginning in late summer that are great for cutting in fall and winter and even later into spring as the female flowers develop and terminal bracts take on cream tones.
Plant in full sun in a fairly well drained soil. As with the cultivar 'Red Gem' this plant is a tough cultivar that can handle frost, alkalinity and clay soils. This is a wonderful garden plant for specimen planting or as a hedge or wind screen. Its cut stems are excellent for large arrangements, and it has remained one of the most popular and longest grown of the Proteaceae for cut flower production.
Leucadendron 'Safari Sunset' originated in New Zealand in the 1960s and was the result of crossing Leucadendron laureolum with the red form of Leucadendron salignum by Mr. Ian Bell at his Steven's Nursery in Whanganui, New Zealand. More than 40 million cut flower stems of this variety are known to be sold annually worldwide. We have grown this great plant since 1989.
The information displayed on this page about Leucadendron 'Safari Sunset' is based on the research we have conducted about it in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about this plant as it grows in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant have performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we have received from others and welcome hearing from anyone with information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information that will aid others to better grow it.
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