Hymenosporum flavum: Difference between revisions
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Hymenosporum flavum will adapt to most soil types, from sandy to clay soils. It prefers a sunny spot in your garden. However, it will grow quite successfully in a semi-shaded spot or even dappled shade. | Hymenosporum flavum will adapt to most soil types, from sandy to clay soils. It prefers a sunny spot in your garden. However, it will grow quite successfully in a semi-shaded spot or even dappled shade. | ||
Being a rainforest species, the Hymenosporum flavum prefers a warmer climate and can withstand a fair amount of humidity. | |||
Hymenosporum flavum should only need to be fertilised once a year in spring. Try to select a fairly balanced fertiliser that has a good level of potassium in it to encourage lots of those lovely fragrant blooms. | |||
===Propagation=== | ===Propagation=== | ||
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===Pests and diseases=== | ===Pests and diseases=== | ||
Under certain conditions, you might find | Under certain conditions, you might find Hymenosporum flavum infested with scale insects. These will usually appear as small dark bumps or white cottony specks on the stems and sometimes, the foliage. | ||
==Varieties== | ==Varieties== |
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Describe the plant here...
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Hymenosporum flavum, F. Muell. (Pittosporum flavum, Hook. f.). Shrub or tree, to 50 ft.: lvs. obovate, entire, to 9 in. long: fls. yellow, marked with red at the throat, fragrant, over 1 in. across: caps, compressed, 1 in. long and nearly as broad. B.M. 4799. R.H. 1913, p. 327. Alfred Rehder.
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Cultivation
Hymenosporum flavum will adapt to most soil types, from sandy to clay soils. It prefers a sunny spot in your garden. However, it will grow quite successfully in a semi-shaded spot or even dappled shade.
Being a rainforest species, the Hymenosporum flavum prefers a warmer climate and can withstand a fair amount of humidity.
Hymenosporum flavum should only need to be fertilised once a year in spring. Try to select a fairly balanced fertiliser that has a good level of potassium in it to encourage lots of those lovely fragrant blooms.
Propagation
Pests and diseases
Under certain conditions, you might find Hymenosporum flavum infested with scale insects. These will usually appear as small dark bumps or white cottony specks on the stems and sometimes, the foliage.
Varieties
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
External links
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- Ultimate Backyard