Silver Trees

The Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco happens to have a climate hospitable to the beautiful and endangered Silver Tree (Leucadendron argenteum), a protea relative from the Cape Town area of South Africa.

Silver Tree in the morning sun

Sliver Trees have beautiful soft gray-green foliage and are striking, even from a distance. The leaves themselves are covered with fine white hairs.

Furry Silver Tree leaves

The are large silver trees growing at the main entrance to the San Francisco Botanical Garden and in the South Africa section.