Plant Profile
Leucospermum Tottum x Glabrum 'Scarlet Ribbon'
Common names: Scarlet Ribbon Pincushion
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Shrub
Up to 1.5 m
Evergreen
Indigenous
Full Sun
Average water
Well Drained Soil
Wind Resistant
Frost Resistant
Scarlet Ribbon is a very vigorous grower with high yield of flowers. Leucospermum tottum is a handsome, much branched shrub whose flowers are excellent for flower arranging.
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 on sandstone slopes at altitudes between 300 and 2000 m, particularly in the mountains of the south western Cape, from the Cederberg to above Villiersdorp. It is part of the Cape Floral Kingdom and occurs only in the winter rainfall area, with 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
Decorative
Unspecified
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Flower
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Spring
Yellow Orange , Orange Red , Light Pink , Magenta , Pink Red , Light Red , Red , Dark Red , Crimson
Decorative
Unspecified
- Flower morphology
The plant produces an abundance of pale pink to salmon orange flowers, which give the impression of growing more or less horizontally at the end of the branches.
The flowering season is slightly later than that of Leucospermum cordifolium. It starts in mid October and lasts until the end of December
NOTES
They are very sensitive to the fungal disease Phytophthora cinnamomeum. By the time the disease is noted it is too late to try and save the plant, but otherwise the plants are quite problem free.
