About
Crinodendron hookerianum 'Alf Robbins' PBR is an evergreen shrub featuring slender, dark green foliage. From late spring through summer, it produces elongated, lantern-shaped white blossoms that hang from its branches.
About the genus
Crinodendron consists of evergreen shrubs or small trees characterized by their leathery, dark green foliage and drooping, urn-shaped blooms that appear in the leaf axils.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Partial shade
- Soil type
- Clay, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid
- Soil moisture
- Moist but well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 10-20 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Patio and container plants
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in a fertile, moist but well-drained, acidic soil in partial shade
- Pruning
- Pruning group 8
- Propagation
- Propagate by semi-hardwood cuttings
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free