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| |common_name=Holly-leafed fuchsia bush, Prickly Fuchsia Bush | | |common_name=Holly-leafed fuchsia bush, Prickly Fuchsia Bush |
| |name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 | | |name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 |
− | |habit=tree | + | |habit=shrub |
| |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 | | |habit_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 |
| |Max ht box=20 | | |Max ht box=20 |
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| |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 | | |usda_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia ISBN 0881925381 |
| |max_zone=11 | | |max_zone=11 |
− | |image=Upload.png | + | |image=Mount_blackwood_holly.jpg |
| |image_width=240 | | |image_width=240 |
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− | Describe the plant here...
| + | '''''Graptophyllum ilicifolium''''', otherwise known as the '''Mount Blackwood Holly''', is a large [[rainforest]] [[shrub]] which grows in [[granitic]] [[soil]]s. It has shiny, dark green leaves which resemble those of the unrelated [[holly]], and grows best in moist, semi-shaded, well-drained, well-mulched soils. The shrub grows to 5 metres in height and has leaves 7.5 to 10 centimetres long which are shiny, noticeably veined, dark green in colour and have a spinous margin. The flowers are red and in short clusters, each about 2 to 2.5 centimetres in length. |
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| ==Cultivation== | | ==Cultivation== |