Drimys winteri
Winter's Bark
Drimys is a genus of woody, evergreen flowering trees or shrubs originating from Malaysia and eastern Australia. Drimys winteri is a tall upright tree with dark green leaves that have paler undersides. In Spring terminal clusters of fragrant creamy-white flowers appear. . Likes acid soil. Hardy to -10 C. This is a tree that needs to be kept moist when newly planted, until well-established. If it is allowed to dry out before it is established, it will never recover, and the branches will droop
Contributed by @agnes
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Winter's Bark
Latin name
Drimys winteri
type
Evergreen tree
family
Winteraceae
ph
5.0 - 6.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
8.00 M
12.00 M
Drimys winteri
Drimys is a genus of woody, evergreen flowering trees or shrubs originating from Malaysia and eastern Australia. Drimys winteri is a tall upright tree with dark green leaves that have paler undersides. In Spring terminal clusters of fragrant creamy-white flowers appear. . Likes acid soil. Hardy to -10 C. This is a tree that needs to be kept moist when newly planted, until well-established. If it is allowed to dry out before it is established, it will never recover, and the branches will droop
Flowering
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Flowers appear in early to mid Spring
Planting
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant in a sunny, sheltered site in moist but free-draining acidic soil.
Propagate by semi-ripe cuttings
From Mid Summer TO Late Summer
Take semi- ripe cuttings from this season's growth in Summer. Cut neatly, just below a leaf node, a 5" approx. piece of a healthy shoot that has soft growth at the tip. pinch out the growing tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)
agnes
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