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Stachyurus salicifolius
Willow Leaf Spiketail
Origin: Native to Chongqing (Nanchuan), Sichuan, and North East Yunnan, China.
| Family |
| Stachyuraceae |
| Genus |
| Stachyurus |
| Species |
| salicifolius |
| Category |
| Woody |
| Type |
| Shrub (evergreen) |
| Synonyms |
| Stachyurus salicifolia |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 7b - 8a |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cold season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H5 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -15 - 10 |
| Height |
| 2-3 m |
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Description and Growing Information
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| General Description |
| Shrubs evergreen, 2-3 m tall. |
| Landscape |
| Unusual specimen shrub. Suitable for shrub border or for growing in a woodland garden or against a wall. |
| Cultivation |
| Grow in light moist but well-drained, humus-rich, neutral to acidic soils. Protect from drying winds. |
| Shape |
| Sprawling to mounding. |
| ID Characteristic |
| This species is often easily distinguishable from other species in the genus by its usually linear-lanceolate, leathery or thickly papery leaves. |
| Pests |
| Vine weevils, scale insects, honey fungus, powdery mildew, and bud blast. |
| Habitat |
| Found in broad-leaved and mixed forests or thickets on mountain slopes, along stream sides and in mountain valleys at 800-2000 m. |
| Bark/Stem Description |
| Bark is brown or purple-brown in colour. |
| Leaf Description |
| Leaf blade linear-lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 7-16 cm long × 1-2 cm wide, leathery or thickly papery, both surfaces glabrous, mid-vein raised on both sides, lateral veins 6-8 paired, anastomosing at margin, base obtuse to rounded, margin inconspicuously serrate, apex acuminate. |
| Flower Description |
| Spikes erect or nodding, 5-7 cm, peduncles short. Flowers yellow-green, sessile, bract triangular, apex acute, bracteoles ovate, ciliate, apex acute. Sepals ovate, ciliate, apex obtuse. Petals obovate, apex obtuse or subrounded. |
| Fruit Description |
| Fruit globose, 5-6 mm in diameter. |
| Notable Specimens |
| National Trust Trelissick Garden, Feock, near Truro, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Propagation |
| Propagate by softwood or heeled semi-ripe cuttings |
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