Taxon

Corokia × virgata 'Frosted Chocolate'

 
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Corokia × virgata 'Frosted Chocolate' - Hybrid Wire-netting Bush
Image: Moore, Dawn - NBGW
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Common name: Hybrid Wire-netting Bush
Family: Argophyllaceae
Distribution: Gardd/Garden
Hardiness: (H4) Hardy-average winter -10 to -5°C (USDA 8b/9a)
Life form: Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub • Llwyn bytholwyrdd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Corokia (kor-ROH-kee-uh): From korokia or korokia-taranga, the Maori name for these plants.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: × virgata (vir-GA-tuh): Wand, referring to a twig.
Description: An evergreen, upright shrub to around 1.2m tall with small, leathery, greenish-bronze leaves that turn a chocolate brown in colder weather; leaves have silvery-white undersides and are held on silvery stems. Small, yellow, star-shaped flowers borne from spring into early summer are followed by red fruits.
Links: Royal Horticultural Society

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