Phyllocladus alpinus
| Phyllocladus alpinus | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |  |
| Hardiness: | 8 |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Evergreen | |
| Height: | 30' |
| Speed: | Slow |
| Open Woods Forest | |
| Native to: | |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Phyllocladus alpinus (common name: alpine celery pine)
Propagation: Seed - sow late winter in a cold frame. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts.
Cuttings in a sandy soil in a cool or slightly warm frame in spring.
Cultivation: Prefers a good loamy soil containing leaf mould[1]. Succeeds in a good open soil but if it is to thrive it needs copious rainfall, high humidity and warmer conditions than are normally found in Britain[2][3].
Plants are hardy but very slow growing in cultivation in Britain[4]. They tolerate temperatures down to about -20°c in one report[3] whilst another says -10°c[5]. A plant at Bedgebury in Kent was 3.3 metres tall in 1985[2].
Range: New Zealand.
Habitat: Sub-alpine forest and scrub, 500 - 1500 metres, on North and South islands southwards from latitude 36° 50's[6].
Usage: Yields a red dye[7]. (from the bark?)
Pollinators: Wind
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
In Leaf: Evergreen
Flower Type: Monoecious
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References
- ↑ Chittendon, Fred. RHS Dictionary of Plants. Oxford University Press, 1951.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bean, William. Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Murray, 1981.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Huxley, Anthony. The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. MacMillan Press, 1992.
- ↑ Rushforth, Keith. Conifers. Batsford, 1991.
- ↑ Phillips, Roger and Martyn Rix. Shrubs. Pan Books, 1989.
- ↑ Allan, Harry. Flora of New Zealand. Government Printer Publications, 1961.
- ↑ Brooker, Stanley. Economic Native Plants of New Zealand. Oxford University Press, 1991.