Leucadendron ‘Fireglow’ - Radiant Foliage Colour for Toowoomba Gardens
 
Bring year-round brilliance to your Toowoomba garden with Leucadendron ‘Fireglow’, a stunning and hardy Australian favourite known for its vivid red and orange tones. This eye-catching shrub delivers a spectacular display of glowing bracts and lush foliage that intensifies through the cooler months, making it a standout feature in any garden design or native planting scheme.
 
Leucadendron ‘Fireglow’ is a compact, evergreen shrub reaching around 1.2-1.5 metres high and wide. Its dense, symmetrical growth habit makes it ideal for borders, feature plantings, mass displays, and low-maintenance garden beds. From late autumn to spring, the plant produces dazzling gold bracts surrounding small cone-like flowers, providing incredible visual warmth and contrast in Toowoomba’s cooler climate.
 
This variety is especially prized for its long-lasting cut flowers, both fresh and dried - perfect for floral arrangements and home décor. Its foliage retains rich green tones through summer before transitioning into deep crimson highlights as temperatures drop, creating a garden spectacle across the seasons.
 
🌞 Growing Conditions for Toowoomba
Leucadendron ‘Fireglow’ thrives in full sun and well-drained, sandy or gravelly soils, making it perfectly suited to the Toowoomba region’s elevated climate and variable rainfall patterns. Once established, it is highly drought-tolerant and can handle light frost, ideal for local conditions from Highfields to Westbrook and beyond.
 
For best results in Toowoomba gardens:
Choose a sunny position with excellent drainage.
Avoid heavy clay soils - amend with sand or compost if needed.
Water regularly during the first growing season to establish roots.
Prune lightly after flowering to maintain a neat shape and encourage fresh growth.
Apply a low-phosphorus native fertiliser such as Neutrog Bush Tucker in spring.
 
🌺 Landscape and Design Uses
Feature shrub for garden beds and rockeries
Mass planting for vibrant seasonal displays
Drought-tolerant native garden designs
Cut flower production – fresh or dried
Container planting on sunny patios or courtyards
Leucadendron ‘Fireglow’ pairs beautifully with other native and South African Proteaceae species such as Leucospermum or Australian Natives like Grevillea, and Kangaroo Paw, creating layers of colour and texture in any Toowoomba landscape.
 
🌏 Why Choose Leucadendron ‘Fireglow’ from True Blue Garden Centre
At True Blue Garden Centre Toowoomba, we specialise in providing hardy, locally-suited plants that thrive in the Darling Downs climate. Our Leucadendron ‘Fireglow’ plants are nursery-grown for resilience, ensuring strong root systems and vibrant colour from the first season. Whether you’re designing a new native garden or adding a pop of winter colour, ‘Fireglow’ is a low-maintenance, high-impact choice for your home landscape.
 
🪴 Key Features:
Spectacular yellow bracts in winter and spring
Hardy, drought- and frost-tolerant once established
Perfect for Toowoomba’s sunny, well-drained gardens
Excellent for cut flowers and native landscapes
Low-maintenance and evergreen year-round