Leucadendron Ebony or also called ‘Burgundy Sunset’ was named because of its purple-black leaves, a very distinct feature when compared to the green foliage of ‘Safari Sunset’ (the species from which it evolved). When Ebony blooms, the bracts that surround the ‘true flower’ turn a deep wine-red delivering a stunning cluster of flowers!
Aside from the splendor and significant of its name, Ebony stands out as a cut foliage and has real lasting power. It can last up to a month in a flower arrangement. This makes it a perfect Leucadendron for autumn and the up-coming holiday season, and those who are looking to add a unique, textural addition to their designs.
Ebony has FALL written all over it and because its colors are so vivid and eye-catching, the design options this Leucadendron provides are endless.
Royal Mink just recently entered the Protea scene here in Rainbow and has done so in quite a regal fashion! Considered a hybrid queen, this protea is a blend of magnifica or queen and neriifolia. This majestic bloom has a medium-to-large flowering head with a velvety touch and Parisian flair… obviously accenting its neriifolia influence. The floral bracts are rose pink and fringed with white and black feathery tips, then shading to cream at the base. The central dome has a woolly black and white pattern and is heavily tipped with black, providing for a strong and interesting contrast as it is so beautifully displayed on a long, sturdy stem.
Royal Minks looks great mixed with other protea or combined with an array of other colorful flowers and foliage. Here's are just some of the lovely ways we've found her being displayed!
The protea fields are more colorful this fall thanks to 'Grandicolor’.
A cross of P. grandiceps and P. aurea, this hybrid cultivar from Australia combines features from both parent plants in a unique combination. The greenish-cream bracts, which deepen to tan at the base, have a delicate pinkish rim and conspicuous hairs like the grandiceps and surround rusty-red centers. The egg-shape foliage is small and leathery with a silvery-green hue and the stems straight and upright like the aurea. Grandicolor produces dainty, medium sized blooms off and on from autumn through spring.
10 Inspirational photos from gladdish. Grace is a flower farmer florist, artist and mother of 5. Swallows Nest Farm, a Protea and Native Australian Flower Farm, is situated on the beautiful Tasman Peninsula in rural South-Eastern Tasmania. They sell amazing farm fresh wholesale flowers and provide a local floral arrangement service.
With all due respect to pumpkins and chrysanthemums, fabulous foliage is what really gets us excited about fall each year! From leucadendron to grevilleas, from acacia to eucalyptus, we simply can’t get enough of the season’s fresh botanicals. Looking for color and texture?
Foliage adds so much volume, color and texture to arrangements, bouquets and displays. Leaf colors come in a kaleidoscope of shades ranging from yellow-green to gray-green and silvery shades, to blue-green and bronze, burgundy and red hues. And, there are even variegated patterns of green and yellow well as red and green. When it comes to texture, foliage is available in lots of shapes and sizes – long and thin, oval and round, lacey or feathery, with cones, pods and seeds– the varieties are endless! These plants truly stir our imagination and keep us connected to the earth.
The autumn harvest is underway. Be sure to relish the season and make it a time to rediscover these gifts from Mother Nature!
Those fabulous plants loaded with blooms either up and down or clustered atop of each stem - like heather or waxflower are often referred to as 'filler flowers'. But, are they really fillers, a kind of stuffing or space filler? Absolutely not, they're one of the season's hottest harvests!
These awesome flowers add texture, bulk and style to bouquets and arrangements. In addition, they compliment the color scheme, and add frilly or delicate textures to the mix. And, there's so many wonderful varieties to choose from - saxicola, calycina, heather, boronia, sterling range, genista, eriostemon, waxflower and many more. Here's just a few of our favorites!
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