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Bredasdorp conebush

Leucadendron laxum

Also called Smartrose, Vlei Rose

Bredasdorp conebush
Photo: botanicexpedition2019nl-saf, CC BY-SA 4.0

Bredasdorp conebush is a shrub of the South African fynbos, growing up to about 1.75 m tall. It needs full sun, well-drained acidic soil and dry summers, and it regenerates from seed after fire.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings and avoid wet roots.
Soil
Sandy, well-drained, acidic soil low in phosphorus.
Temperature
Tolerates mild, Mediterranean-type conditions; protect from frost below about -5 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Leucadendron laxum, the Bredasdorp conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub belonging to the genus Leucadendron and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape, South Africa, where it occurs from Hermanus to Agulhas.

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 laxum 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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