Pachistima

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Pachistima in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Pachistima (said to be derived from Greek, pachys, thick, and stigma; alluding to the slightly thickened stigma). Spelled also Pachystima and Pachy-stigma. Celastracese.. Ornamental woody plants sometimes grown for their evergreen foliage. Low evergreen shrubs: branchlets somewhat quadrangular, verrucose: lvs. opposite, small, serrulate or entire, short-petioled, with minute deciduous stipules: fls. perfect, small, in few-fld. axillary cymes; calyx-lobes, petals and stamens 4; ovary 2-celled, often only 1 cell developing into a small, oblong, 1-seeded caps. — Two species in the mountains of N. Amer.; allied to Evonymus. These are low trailing or spreading shrubs with small evergreen foliage and inconspicuous reddish flowers followed by small dull-colored capsules. They are hardy with slight protection in the Arnold Arboretum, Boston, and are handsome dwarf evergreens for rockeries or rocky slopes; P. Canbyi forms a dense carpet and may be used as a border plant for evergreen shrubberies. They seem to grow in any well-drained soil. Propagation is by seeds or by layers; also by cuttings of half-ripened wood under glass, and P. Canbyi also by division. ^CH 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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.

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