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Rosette Conebush

Leucadendron coriaceum

Rosette Conebush
Photo: Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0

Leucadendron coriaceum, the rosette conebush, is a shrub from the Cape fynbos of South Africa in the Protea family, grown mainly outdoors in mild, dry-summer climates. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and little water once established.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; keep it dry in summer once established.
Soil
Very well-drained, acidic, low-nutrient sandy or gritty mix.
Temperature
Mild subtropical conditions; tolerates light frost once established, protect below -5 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Leucadendron coriaceum, the rosette conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the family Proteaceae. It is part of the fynbos vegetation type of South Africa. The plant is native to the Western Cape, South Africa.

Other Leucadendron plants

Linear-leaf Conebush · Red Edge Conebush · Silver tree · Swartberg Conebush · Gideonskop Conebush · Foetid Conebush · Graafwater Conebush · Foetid Conebush · Riviersonderend Conebush · Witteberg Sunbush · Witsenberg Conebush · Scraggly Conebush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leucadendron coriaceum 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.

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