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Summer planting
Contrary to popular opinion, summer planting is fine as long as adequate water is provided throughout any prolonged dry periods. This allows you to take advantage of increased summer growth.
Coprosma rhamnoides
Height: 1.5m;  Spread: 1m
Shrub
Dense, 1.5m. Tightly divaricating shrub with very small leaves. Plant several to get dark red fruit on the female. Can be shaped as desired.
» Click here for our Coprosma rhamnoides aticle published in The Fringe, July 2014 ...
» For a landscaping perspective on Coprosma see this article by O2 Landscapes...
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Coprosma flowers are dioecious and wind-pollinated. Shown are the dangling male flowers with pollen-bearing stamen.
Coprosma flowers are dioecious and wind-pollinated. Shown are the dangling male flowers with pollen-bearing stamen.
Coprosma flowers are dioecious and wind-pollinated. Shown are the rigid female flowers with paired stigma.
I think this is Coprosma rhamnoides. A small natural group of them grow in poor dry soil under kanukas on Clifton hillside in Golden Bay. At least this one is a female with wonderful bright deep red berries!
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