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Leucadendron argenteum
Also called Cape Silver Tree, Cape Silvertree, Silver Conetree, Silver Pine Tree, Silvercone, Silvery Protea, Silvertree
Leucadendron argenteum is an endangered, protected evergreen tree in the Protea family, native to a tiny area around Cape Town, South Africa. It grows best in full sun with excellent drainage and is a challenge to cultivate outside its native range.
Leucadendron argenteum (silver tree, silver leaf tree, Afrikaans: Witteboom, or Afrikaans: Silwerboom) is an endangered plant species in the family Proteaceae, which is endemic to a small area of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. Most grow in and around the city of Cape Town, but outlying (perhaps introduced) populations exist near Somerset West (Silwerboomkloof), Paarl and Stellenbosch. It is a protected tree in South Africa.
This enormous silver Protea-relative is naturally confined to a tiny area in and around the city of Cape Town. Its main population grows on the slopes of Table Mountain, notably the Lion's Head area, above Rhodes Memorial and the mountain slopes above Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leucadendron argenteum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
