Features:   

• Evergreen shrub
• Bright green glossy leaves
• The small apetalous flowers are produced in the upper leaf axils, perfumed.
• Not decorative.
• Shiny bright green in the growing season aging to dark green.

Position:

Full sun, part shade

Ideal For:

• Hedging
• Edging
• Container Plants
• Topiary
• Specimen shrub
• Potted greenery
• Barrier,
• Entryway
• Foundation plant

Plant Apart:

250mm for hedging.

Height at Maturity:

0.5 – 2.0m

Environment Conditions:

• Soil:
• Prefers moist soils
• Tolerates a wide range of soils (mildly acidic to mildly alkaline)
• Should be well drained
• Moisture:
• Little watering once established
• Will tolerate drier conditions
• Climate:
• Excels in warmer climates
• Grows in cool, temperate, arid, semi-arid, mild tropical and tropical climates
• Tolerates frost

Care:

• Optimal growth if plant is kept evenly moist
• Will tolerate short periods of drought if watered corected
• Use high nitrogen fertilisers to encourage new growth
• Will survive without fertiliser once established but will grow at a slower pace

Design:

• Formal gardens
• Coastal gardens
• Pollution affected gardens
• Mesic landscape design themes

• Can be used in parterre gardens to create elaborate patterns