We cheerfully brave the frigid start to winter knowing the promise of bright, colorful Leucadendron are on the way. Each year, this hardy, long-lasting foliage puts on quite a spectacular winter display. Day by day, the show gets better and better as the plants take on warm hues of white, cream, yellow, orange and red. Over 80 known varieties of Leucadendron exist, and all share the same emphasis: the beauty of their foliage. Today’s inspiration: Leucadendron Harvest!
Harvest is an Australian-raised cultivar that originated from an ‘accidental seedling’ of L. stelligerum. And it is obvious why this Leucadendron is reveled for its colorful ‘daisy-like’ blooms that are so flamboyantly displayed. The sheer volume of the flowers makes for a delightful winter show. Harvest’s colorful petals or bracts take on soft creamy-yellow and white hues with a splash of rusty-orange on the edges surrounding the rich yellow, orange + green cone that is nestled among the bracts.
Leucadendron Harvest has a way of eliciting oohs and aahs not only in the field but in floral designs as well!
Simply Gorgeous!
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