Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Cyathodes [2312]

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Family: Ericaceae

family_ja: ツツジ

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description_en: Genus of about 175 species of heath-like evergreen shrubs and small trees found in alpine and subalpine regions of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, and in various habitats in Malaysia, New Guinea, and Polynesia. They have usually small, overlapping, linear, linear-oblong to lance-shaped, elliptic, or inversely lance-shaped leaves, the new growth often flushed pink or bronze. Small, tubular, unisexual or bisexual flowers are either solitary or borne in terminal racemes; they are followed by fleshy, colourful fruits, 8-10mm (3/8-1/2in) across, although fruiting is not always reliable in cultivation. Some species, including C. colensoi, are suitable for a rock garden, a peat terrace, or a shrub border. In frost-prone areas, grow half-hardy or frost-tender species in a cool or temperate greenhouse.

hardiness_en: Frost hardy to frost tender.

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propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in autumn; germination may take up to 3 years. Root greenwood cuttings in early summer, or semi-ripe cuttings in late summer.

pests_en: Trouble free.

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Update Information: Created: 2010-06-04 18:58; Updated: 2020-07-05 11:41

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