Platycrater

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Platycrater in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Platycrater (Greek, platys, broad, and crater, bowl; alluding to the broad enlarged calyx of the sterile fls.). Saxifragaceae. A monotypic genus allied to Hydrangea. The species is a woody plant, with opposite serrate lvs. and white, comparatively large fls. in long-peduncled, loose cymes, the marginal ones sterile and with enlarged calyx; petals 4; stamens numerous: fr. a 2-celled many-seeded dehiscent caps. It is not hardy N. and of little decorative value. It thrives best in rather moist, porous soil and partly shaded position and is easily prop, by seeds, greenwood cuttings under glass, or layers. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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