ID Characteristic | A repeat-blooming, white-flowered evergreen shrub. |
Shape | Densely clumping. |
Landscape | Flowering shrub or hedge, borders, screening, accent hedge, warm city and courtyard gardens, informal warm gardens or as a specimen. |
Propagation | Seed or softwood cuttings. |
Cultivation | Plant in moist but well-draining, nutrient rich loamy soils that are neutral to slightly alkaline. |
Habitat | Warm woodlands and shrub groves. |
Bark/Stem Description | Slightly coarse, uniformly woody bark with almost insignificant leaf and stem scars. Leaf stems are smooth and glaborous. |
Flower/Leaf Bud Description | Small, rounded insignificant flower buds. |
Leaf Description | Clusters of simple, pinnate-lanceolate, shiny and waxy leaflets that grow along leaf stems. |
Flower Description | Small, simple 5-petaled flowers that grow in terminal panicles of 3 - 8. Flower petals are arranged in a slight windmill-like shape. |
Colour Description | Medium green to yellow-green foliage. Some leaves have natural yellowing to orangish-yellowing around the edges. Pale tan brown bark. Medium green leaf stems. Pale white flowers. |
Texture Description | Medium. |