Plant Profile
Leucospermum Cordifolium x Patersonii 'High Gold'
Common names: High Gold Pincushion
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Shrub
Up to 1.5 m
Evergreen
Indigenous
Full Sun
Average water
Well Drained Soil
Wind Resistant
Frost Resistant
High Gold is a bright yellow pincushion with abundant flowers. A strong grower for garden and patio.
This species of pincushion grows to a height of 1.5m and with a spread of 1.5m
It grows in acid, nutrient-poor soils in a fairly small area in the Western Cape, from the Kogelberg to the Soetanysberg near Bredasdorp. It is part of the Cape Floral Kingdom and occurs only in the winter rainfall area with its wet winters from May to September and hot, dry summers from December to the end of February.
Foliage
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Silver , Grey , Silver White , Cream Green , Green , Dark Green , Grey Green
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Unspecified
- Leaf morphology
Leucospermum cordifolium is a rounded spreading shrub with a single main stem and horizontally spreading stems, hard green leaves.
Flower
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Winter / Spring
Light Yellow , Yellow , Dark yellow
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- Flower morphology
It has 1 to 3 large inflorescences borne at the end on the stem. The inflorescences consist of a large number of small flowers. It is the stiff protruding styles of the flowers which are the source of the common name "pincushion" for this genus.
NOTES
The plants are relatively short lived and become leggy after about eight years. They are very sensitive to the fungal disease Phytophthora cinnamomeum.
