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Commonly known as Roughleaf conebush
- This species grows to 0.6m with narrow leaves into a small compact shrub
- Produces small yellow flowers in spring with red tinged light green bracts.
- Popular species for flower arrangements.
- Sow seeds in autumn.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 8.
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Commonly known as Sickleleaf Conebush
- This species grows into a dense shrub between 1 to 2m with soft narrow sickle-shaped leaves.
- The flowers occuring in spring have bright yellow involucral leaves and produce silvery cones.
- Sow seeds in autumn.
- Flowerin occurs 3 years from seed germination.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 8.
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Commonly known as Silkypuff Conebush
- Grows into 1.5m tall shrub.
- Considered rare.
- Is an attractive silver shrub with hairy leaves, coloured involucral leaves.
- Shaggy white hairs around flowers in Spring.
- Sow Autumn.
- USDA Zone 8.
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Commonly known as Silver Tree
- Grows into a spectacular 10m tree, with large silver leaves.
- Flowers in spring.
- It produces beautiful large cones.
- Excellent cut foliage - grey to sliver - very popular with florists.
- This species grows on moist slopes in granite clay.
- It is endemic to Table Mountain
- Unfortunately, it can be unpredictable in cultivation.
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Commonly known as Spicy Conebush, Toffie-appel
- This species grows into 1.3m low shrub with oblong grey green leaves with rounded tips.
- The male flowerhead is yellow and the female a shiny maroon.
- Flowering occurs in winter and cones have spicy odour.
- This is a favoured garden plant as puts on stunning display.
- Sow in autumn.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 8.
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Commonly known as Spinningtop Conebush, Tolletjiesbos
- Grows to elegant shrub of 2.5m
- The male plants have many small narrow flower-heads
- The female cones are green with red edges to bracts, very attractive
- This is a very adaptable conebush
- It provides excellent long lasting cut foliage.
- Sow in Autumn.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 8.
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Commonly known as Witsenberg Conebush
- Grows to 2m, with very narrow leaves.
- Grows into sparsely branched shrub
- Flowers have bright yellow involucral bracts
- Flowers in Spring.
- Is popular as a cut flower
- This is an endangered species.
- Sow seeds in Autumn.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 8.
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Western sun conebush, Tolbos
- This species grows to 1.5m into a stout sbrub.
- When young the involucral leaves are yellow but turn red in older plants.
- Flowers in spring.
- Very attractive species.
- Tolerates a wide variety of soil types.
- Sow seeds in autumn.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 8.
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Grows to 1.6m with elliptic, smooth, shiny leaves.
In spring the large top leaves turn bright yellow, flushed with orange and red.
Sow in Autumn. USDA Zone 8.
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Commonly known as Common Sunshine Conebush, Geelbos
- Grows to 2m, a multi-stemmed plant with persistent rootstock.
- Leaves hairless, not shiny.
- Flowers vary in color from creamy yellow to red to deep gold.
- Flowers in spring to summer and has a yeasty odour.
- Grows in a wide range of soil types, from sea-level to 2000m.
- A very variable species.
- Can also be grown in pots.
- Easy to grow and adaptable
- Sow in autumn
- Gardy to USDA zone 8
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- Grows to 1.5 m, with small oval furry leaves.
- Cream flowers in Spring, and produces distinctive cones with dense hairs.
- Sow in Autumn.
- USDA Zone 8.
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