Botanical Name: Common Names:
Ixora chinensis Syn Bemsetia paniculata, Chinese Ixora,
Native: Foliage Type:
No Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Hedging / Screening, Indoor Plants, Palms, Ferns & Tropical Dense, Shrub Like
Description:
Chinese Ixora is an evergreen sub-tropical to tropical small to medium shrub which bears striking bright coloured balls of flowers in the warmer months of the year. Flower colours vary according to cultivar but range from orange, pink, red, gold, white and more. A relatively quick growing shrub which make a great low hedge or border or in a mass planting of colour. Also performs well in containers.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
1-2m 1-2m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Borders / Shrubbery, Feature, Foliage Feature / Colour, Hedging / Screening, Indoor Plant, Mass Planting, Tropical Garden, Container / Pot, Under Trees
Pests & Diseases: Scale, Sooty Mould
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Annual slow release fertiliser, Keep moist during dry periods, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Rubiaceae Asia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Assorted
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Autumn, Spring, Summer
Fruit: No
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Fast
Maintenance Level: Medium
Water Usage: Medium / Moderate
Drought: Medium / Moderate
Frost: Tender
Wind: Medium / Moderate
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