Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 9 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.
Plant Type: Shrubs
Evergreen-Deciduous: Evergreen
Overall Mature Size: Medium
Also Grown As: Bush
Mature Height & Spread: 3-5' x 4-5'
Natural Growth Habit: Upright
Native To: Cultivar, Hybrid, South Africa
Exposure: Full Sun
Water: Medium Water, Low Water
Flower Color: Bracts / Bronze / Red
Bloom Time: Spring, Winter
Special Features: Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Cold Hardy / Colorful Foliage / Deer Resistant / Drought Resistant / Fall Color / Hedge / Screen / Seacoast Conditions
Container Sizes: #3, #10
Sunset Garden Zones: 16,17, 20-24, H1
USDA Hardiness Zone: 9-11
Leucadendron ‘Red Gem’ is an evergreen, broadleaf shrub with a upright, rounded, dense habit and featuring green, narrowly lance-shaped leaves accented by red-tinted edges and tips and lined with fine, silvery hairs. The leaves darken and flush bronze-red during the cooler fall and winter months. Cone-like flowers are produced at the tips of the branches and are surrounded by ruby-red and bronze bracts. It has non-invasive roots but they are very sensitive to disturbance and care should be taken digging or cultivating near the rootball. It is also highly sensitive to phosphorus fertilizers and could be killed. Uses include accents, informal hedges and screens, containers. Excellent in seacoast landscapes. Medium water needs when installed and acclimating; low to infrequent water needs once established. Highly drought tolerant. It requires sharply well-draining, sandy, gravelly, or loamy soil. Prefers acidic soil. Best in full sun; intolerant of deep shade which makes the foliage colors fade and reduces bract production. Deer-resistant. Cold hardy to 25°F.
Leucadendron ‘Red Gem’ is an evergreen, broadleaf shrub with a upright, rounded, dense habit and featuring green, narrowly lance-shaped leaves accented by red-tinted edges and tips and lined with fine, silvery hairs. The leaves darken and flush bronze-red during the cooler fall and winter months. Cone-like flowers are produced at the tips of the branches and are surrounded by ruby-red and bronze bracts. It has non-invasive roots but they are very sensitive to disturbance and care should be taken digging or cultivating near the rootball. It is also highly sensitive to phosphorus fertilizers and could be killed. Uses include accents, informal hedges and screens, containers. Excellent in seacoast landscapes. Medium water needs when installed and acclimating; low to infrequent water needs once established. Highly drought tolerant. It requires sharply well-draining, sandy, gravelly, or loamy soil. Prefers acidic soil. Best in full sun; intolerant of deep shade which makes the foliage colors fade and reduces bract production. Deer-resistant. Cold hardy to 25°F.
