Graptophyllum ilicifolium


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: 20 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Width: 4 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
Lifespan: perennial
Bloom: early spring, mid spring, late spring
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Exposure: part-sun
Features: flowers
USDA Zones: 9 to 11
Flower features: red, pink
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Graptophyllum ilicifolium, otherwise known as the Mount Blackwood Holly, is a large rainforest shrub which grows in granitic soils. 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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