code: 733
It is perfect for coastal and windy
Family: ESCALLONIACEAE
Common name: Corokia
Plant Classification: Hardy shrub
Minimum Height: 1.2 meters
Maximum Height: 1.8 meters
Packet Content(approx.): 8 large seeds
This extremely attractive, erect, bushy shrub bears branching, woody stems covered with small grey green leathery leaves. In summer it produces clusters of beautiful starry yellow flowers followed by yellow berry fruits. It is perfect for for coastal and windy and exposed gardens and is quite incredibly hardy, coming from high elevations in New Zealand, and accordingly makes an impressive hedging shrub.
Sowing advice:
These seeds have already been thoroughly cleaned and cold-stored for several months. They should be sown into well-drained, sandy compost at any time of the year, and covered to their own depth with sand or grit. No artificial heat is needed; the seed tray is best left in a cool spot outside and kept moist. Seeds germinate very slowly indeed in the spring after a chilling in the cold compost, regardless of when they are sown. Some seeds may take more than a year to germinate.
Variety or Cultivar
‘Yellow Wonder’ _ ‘Yellow Wonder’ is a borderline hardy, upright, evergreen shrub with broadly lance-shaped, dark green leaves, white beneath, and clusters of small, fragrant, star-shaped, yellow flowers in spring followed by golden yellow fruit in autumn.
Native to
Garden origin
Foliage
Evergreen
Habit
Upright
