This plant is a dense rounded mound. Its leaves are green, thick, paddle-shaped and have a smooth edge. Its new leaves are covered with grey hairs and its flowers---formed in clusters--are white and perfumed. Flowering occurs in summer but in warm climates, can go on throughout the year. Following flowering is the production of fruit; bluish black berries that are also formed in clusters. Rhaphiolepis umbellata grows to about 2m tall.
- Type
- Exotic
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Water use
- Minimal
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- One
- Size
- Small shrubs 0.5 - 3 metres
- Root size
- 2.5 metres
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Moist tropical, Semi-arid with summer rain, Moist temperate with hot summers, Semi-arid with winter rain, Moist temperate with warm summers, Winter rains with dry summers
- Soils
- Sandy, Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Frost, Wind
- Regions
- Central Highlands Garden, Yarra Valley Water plants
- Shade levels
- Full sun, Sun/shade
- Flowering seasons
- Spring, Winter, Summer
- Colours
- Green, White
- Gardens
- Formal