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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.
Pseudopanax crassifolius
Height: 6m;  Spread: 2m
Lancewood (Tree)
Interesting juvenile form with long lanceolate leaves shortening to turn into adult. Hardy, 4m specimen tree.
» Click here for our Pseudopanax crassifolius article published in The Fringe, August 2015 ...
Photo gallery:
Adult Lancewood at Lake Sylvan, Glenorchy
Adult Lancewood with a Bellbird feeding on the fruit, Lake Sylvan, Glenorchy
Juvenile leaves on a young lancewood.
Leaves and trunk detail of a young lancewood.
Even though quite a tall tree, this lancewood still has its juvenile foliage.
This mature lancewood has a head with much shorter and wider leaves.
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