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Leucadendron 'Safari Sunset'

elsapimenta, your plants may have died from too much water and/or not well draining soil. However, the main reason they die is because of the use of fertilizer. These plants do not need to be fertilized. Especially do not use high nitrogen fertilizers.

I have not grown this plant; however, I have observed it growing in Maui, Hawaii. 'Safari Sunset' (Leucadendron hybrid - L. salignum x L. laureolum) was hybridized by J. Stevens/I Bell in 1962 in New Zealand. It blooms from fall to spring. It was introduced in 1964 and was the first internationally successful protea cultivar. Sometimes the name `Rainbow' is used when the color of the blooms change after winter.

I had 2, 3 year old leucadendrons, almost 3 meters high, already producing (we cut the tips to make flower arrangements) but all of a sudden they died. It started getting all yellow and dried in the end of the summer. When we took it from the garden we noticed that the roots had rotten. Can anyone tell me why it happend? I'm already trying to make new plants of the bordeaux one, but we have a yellow one and we don't want it to die. Thanks. Elsa.