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Azara integrifolia 'Variegata' (v)

A tall evergreen shrub for a warm wall or sunny sheltered location with smallish, rigid, oval leaves that have pink and cream variegation. The flowers appear in late winter and early spring in clusters and are globular, small, and a striking yellow colour. They are strongly fragrant, and have no showy petals but conspicuous long, brightly colored, stamens, so look like mini spiky pom-poms. The fruit is a white-mauve berry approximately 3–10 mm diameter.

Synonyms

Azara dentata 'Variegata'

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Ultimate height

4–8 metres

Time to ultimate height

10–20 years

Ultimate spread

2.5–4 metres

Chalk

Clay

Loam

Sand

Moisture

Moist but well–drained, Well–drained

pH

Acid, Alkaline, Neutral

	Stem	Flower	Foliage	Fruit
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Full sun
Partial shade

Aspect

East–facing or South–facing or West–facing

Exposure

Sheltered

Hardiness
Hardiness ratings
All ratings refer to the UK growing conditions unless otherwise stated. Minimum temperature ranges (in degrees C) are shown in brackets
H1a: under glass all year (>15C)
H1b: can be grown outside in the summer (10 - 15)
H1c: can be grown outside in the summer (5 - 10)
H2: tolerant of low temperatures, but not surviving being frozen (1 to 5)
H3: hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1)
H4: hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5)
H5: hardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters (-15 to -10)
H6: hardy in all of UK and northern Europe (-20 to -15)
H7: hardy in the severest European continental climates (< -20)

Botanical details

Family: Salicaceae
Native to the UK: No
Foliage: Evergreen
Habit: Bushy
Genus: Azara are evergreen shrubs or small trees with simple leaves, often in unequal pairs, and very small, fragrant yellow flowers with prominent stamens in clusters or spikes from the leaf axils, occasionally followed by white or pale purple berries
Name status: Accepted

How to grow

Cultivation

Grow in a warm sheltered position in sun or partial shade in deep, humus-rich soil. Flowers more freely when grown against a south- or south-west-facing wall than in the open. Protect from very cold, drying winds.

Propagation

Propagate from semi-hardwood cuttings or by layering.

Suggested planting locations and garden types

Sub-tropical
Mediterranean climate plants
City and courtyard gardens
Low Maintenance
Wall side borders
Climber and wall shrubs

Pruning

Pruning group 8, or pruning group 13 if wall-trained.

Pests

Generally pest-free

Diseases

May be susceptible to honey fungus in gardens where it is present but insufficient data to determine degree of susceptibility

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