Phillyrea Flowering Shrub
Phillyrea Flowering Shrub
Phillyrea Flowering Shrub
Phillyrea Angustifolia (narrow-leaved Phillyrea), Phillyrea ilicifolia (Holly-leaved Phillyrea), Phillyrea salicifolia (Willow-leaved Phillyrea), Phillyrea buxifolia (Box-leaved Phillyrea), and Phillyrea ligustrifolia (Privet-leaved Phillyrea), are all more or less valuable species, and their names indicate their peculiarities of leafage. Phillyrea angustifolia rosmarinifolia is a somewhat rare shrub, but one that is well worthy of culture, if only for its neat habit and tiny little Rosemary-like leaves. It is from Italy, and known under the synonym of Phillyrea rosmarinifolia.
Phillyrea Latifolia Flowering Shrub
Broad-leaved Phillyrea. South Europe, 1597. This is a compact-growing and exceedingly ornamental shrub, with bright and shining, ovate-serrulated leaves. For its handsome, evergreen foliage and compact habit of growth it is, perhaps, most to be valued, for the small flowers are at their best both dull and inconspicuous. Not very hardy unless in the sea-coast garden.
Phillyrea Media Flowering Shrub
South Europe, 1597. This is another interesting species, but not at all common in cultivation.
Phillyrea Vilmoriniana Flowering Shrub
Asia Minor, 1885, This is a grand addition to these valuable shrubs, of which it is decidedly the best from an ornamental point of view. It is of compact growth, with large, Laurel-like leaves, which are of a pleasing shade of green, and fully 4 inches long. They are of stout, leathery texture, and plentifully produced. That this shrub is perfectly hardy is now a well-established fact.
The Phillyreas succeed well in light, warm, but not too dry soil, and they do all the better if a warm and sheltered position is assigned to them. Being unusually bright of foliage, they are of great service in planting for shrubbery embellishment, and which they light up in a very conspicuous manner during the dull winter months. They get shabby and meagre foliaged if exposed to cold winds.
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