Garrya elliptica
Common name: silk tassle bush
Family: Garryaceae
Leaf: oval, dark green, waxy, convex leaves with wavy margins. Dense individual hairs on leaf undersides. Leaf blades are 6-8" in length.
Flowers: Dioecious, which are pendulous catkins, 4-6 cm in length. Pendant male catkins are much more showy and a re grey-green, up to 12" long. Female ones are shorter and silver-grey. Flowers bloom in late winter and early spring. Dried catkins remain on flowers well into summer- showy.
Habit: multi-stemmed evergreen shrub
Form: rounded
Height: 7-16'
Culture: Hardy in USDA zones 7-10. Prefers a sunny position succeeding in most well-drained, fertile soils. Succeeds in a hot dry position. Also succeeds in light shade. Plants are also quite tolerant of fairly deep shade. Does not require very rich soil and abundant moisture. Can be coppiced or thinned in spring before new growth starts, but after flowering ends. Needs some protection from wind scorch, cold drying winds. Therefore, plant in a protected location. Hardy to about -15 degrees C. Plant in their permanent position, as they do not like being transplanted.
Uses: attractive specimen tree in protected location in a landscape, especially if thinned- reveals an attractive multi-stemmed form. Slopes
Origin:SW North America- California to Oregon usually found 40-50 miles off the west coast, in chaparral and dry forests.
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