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Corokia
× virgata
'Frosted Chocolate'
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Image: Moore, Dawn - NBGW
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
Locations
1:
Boulder Garden/Yr Ardd Glogfeini 03c
(BOU03C)
• Accession: 2010-0547 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
2:
Boulder Garden/Yr Ardd Glogfeini 04d
(BOU04D)
• Accession: 2010-0547 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
3:
Boulder Garden/Yr Ardd Glogfeini 04e
(BOU04E)
• Accession: 2010-0547 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
4:
Boulder Garden/Yr Ardd Glogfeini 08
(BOU08)
• Accession: 2010-0547 • Provenance: Garden/Gardd
Area
Individual