Azara dentata

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A medium sized evergreen shrub with smallish, rigid, oval leaves with serrated edges that are green above and densely grey-felted beneath. The flowers appear in mid summer on new shoots in clusters and are globular, small, and yellow-green to mustard yellow as they mature. They are strongly fragrant, and have no showy petals but conspicuous long, brightly colored, stamens, so look like mini spiky pom-poms. The fruit is a red-black berry approximately 3–10 mm diameter.

Scientific classification

Species: Azara dentata (Azara dentata)
Genus: Azara
Family: Salicaceae

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Toxicity: Shrubs
Plant type: 4-8 metres
Height: 2.5-4 metres
Spread: Evergreen
Foliage: Bushy
Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn · Winter
Season of interest: Full sun · Partial shade
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Azara dentata care guide

Maintain slightly damp soil, avoid total root ball dehydration
Watering: Full sun · Partial shade
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Watering

Maintain slightly damp soil, avoid total root ball dehydration

Fertilizing

Balanced tree fertilizer applied once each early spring season

Pruning

For free-standing plants: Usually little pruning is needed. Lightly shape if necessary, removing dead, damaged or diseased shoots. Prune after flowering. For wall-trained specimens: On established wall-trained shrubs, shorten sideshoots to two to four buds from the framework; remove shoots growing towards the wall. Prune annually after flowering on last-year growth, or in late winter or early spring on current-year growth.

Propagation

Propagate from semi-hardwood cuttings or by layering.

Growing

Grow in a warm sheltered position in sun or partial shade in deep, humus-rich soil. Flowers more freely when grown against a south- or south-west-facing wall than in the open. Protect from very cold, drying winds.

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