Difference between revisions of "Celastrus"

From Gardenology.org - Plant Encyclopedia and Gardening Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
Line 6: Line 6:
 
These shrubs are hardy and ornamental, very effective with their bright-colored fruit remaining usually throughout the winter; C. angulatus is also worth growing for its large handsome foliage. They are very valuable for covering trelliswork, trees or rocks and walls: they grow in almost any soil and situation, and as well in shaded as in sunny positions. Propagated by seeds, sown in fall or stratified, and by root-cuttings or layers; suckers are freely produced, and become sometimes a nuisance in nurseries; they also can be increased by cuttings of mature and of soft wood.
 
These shrubs are hardy and ornamental, very effective with their bright-colored fruit remaining usually throughout the winter; C. angulatus is also worth growing for its large handsome foliage. They are very valuable for covering trelliswork, trees or rocks and walls: they grow in almost any soil and situation, and as well in shaded as in sunny positions. Propagated by seeds, sown in fall or stratified, and by root-cuttings or layers; suckers are freely produced, and become sometimes a nuisance in nurseries; they also can be increased by cuttings of mature and of soft wood.
  
 +
C. flagellaris, Rupr. Allied to C. orbiculatus. Branches with persistent spiny stipules, sometimes rooting: lvs. ovate or oval, small, finely serrulate, slender-petioled: fr. axillary, small. N. China, Korea, Japan. Quite hardy, but not so handsome as C. orbiculatus.—C. nutans, Hort. Reasoner, not Roxbg.-Quisqualis indica.—C. Orixa, Sieb. & Zucc.= Orixa japonica. Alfred Rehder.
 
}}
 
}}
 
#REDIRECT [[Staff vine]]
 
#REDIRECT [[Staff vine]]

Revision as of 14:29, 16 June 2009


Read about Celastrus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

{{{1}}}

The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.


  1. REDIRECT Staff vine