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Trochocarpa thymifolia (R. Br.) Spreng.

Modern name

Trochocarpa thymifolia Spreng.

Synonyms

Decaspora thymifolia R. Br

An erect evergreen shrub to about 3 ft high in the wild; branchlets downy. Leaves stalked, closely set, alternate, ovate or elliptic, bluntly pointed, about 18 in. long, thick and slightly concave. Flowers in spring and often again in the autumn, borne in small, pendent terminal spikes. Corolla red, about 18 in. long, with five lobes equalling the tube in length. Filaments of stamens included; anthers yellow, slightly exserted. Fruits globose, fleshy, bluish. Curtis, End. Fl. Tasmania, Vol. II, No. 49.

Native of the mountains of Tasmania; in cultivation 1940. This attractive little shrub is proving quite hardy in a sheltered place, though late frost may damage it. It flowers well, often twice in the season, and needs a moist, acid gritty soil with leaf-mould and peat added.


Trochocarpa thymifolia

Trochocarpa thymifolia

Genus

Trochocarpa

Other species in the genus

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