JAPANESE PRIVET SEEDS, Perennial flowering Shrub

Brand: CARIBBEAN GARDEN SEED
Availability: InStock

by CARIBBEAN GARDEN SEED

$ 2.95

SKU P29659S

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Description

Description

It is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing to 2–5 m (rarely 6 m) tall, with smooth, pale grey-brown bark on the stems. The leaves are 5–10 cm long and 2–5 cm broad, glossy dark green above, paler glaucous to yellowish green below, thick and leathery textured, and with an entire margin. The flowers are white, with a four-lobed corolla 5–6 mm long; they are borne in clusters 7–15 cm long in early summer. * The fruit is used in herbal medicine as a cardiotonic, diuretic, laxative and tonic treatment.

Glossy, evergreen foliage
Uses range from large shrub to ornamental tree
White flowers in spring

* A very tolerant and easily grown plant, it succeeds in any soil that is not impoverished or water-logged. Grows well in heavy clay soils. Succeeds in sun or semi-shade.
Scarification: Soak in water, let stand in water for 24 hours. Stratification: cold stratify for 90 days. Germination: sow seed 1/4" deep, tamp the soil, mulch the seed bed. Other: fall sowing in mulched beds is prefered to artificial stratification.