About
Shrub or small tree about 4m tall, with yellowish-green young branchlets becoming reddish-brown with age and softly-hairy, narrow dark green leaves to 20cm long turn yellow in autumn. Small umbels of 4-7 yellow flowers appear just before the leaves in spring, and black berries follow on female plants if pollinated by a male plant.
About the genus
Lindera can be deciduous or evergreen trees or shrubs with aromatic leaves and small star-shaped dioecious flowers in axillary umbels in spring followed, on pollinated female plants, by glossy berries
Growing conditions
SunlightPartial shade
Soil typeLoam
Soil pHAcid
Soil moistureMoist but well-drained, Well-drained
AspectEast-facing, North-facing, West-facing
ExposureSheltered
UK hardinessH2
Plant details
Plant typeShrubs, Trees
HabitSpreading branched
FoliageDeciduous
Height2.5-4 metres
Spread1.5-2.5 metres
Time to full height5-10 years
Suggested usesPatio and container plants, Sub-tropical
Care notes
CultivationNeeds sub-tropical conditions and acid soil, so only suitable for frost-free areas. Best grown in a container in ericaceous potting compost and overwintered in a conservatory or frost-free greenhouse
PruningPruning group 1
PropagationPropagate by greenwood cuttings in early summer
Pest resistanceGenerally pest-free
Disease resistanceGenerally disease-free