(Winteraceae)

Tasmannia lanceolata 'Pen and Ben'

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Description:
A densely covered medium sized evergreen normally dioecious (male or female plants) shrub 2-4m tall, that have on this cultivar both male and female branches on the same plant. With bright deep red stems bearing thick textured rigid long and narrow greyish-green small leaves, that are very peppery when chewed, hence the vernacular name of Tasmanian Pepper Bush. The small but plentiful yellow, red in bud male or female flowers are held terminally and in the leaf axils, March-May. Followed by glossy black fruit on female flowers if pollinated. Easily grown in full sun-part shade in a drained fertile soil with some moisture retention. In our area the plants prefer to be grown in exposure to wind, that are not freezing.