| Description | Euonymus japonicus microphyllus
Japanese Spindle Bush or Tom Thumb is a box hedging plant with a difference.
• Glossy, dark green foliage with a mild serrated edge
• Ideal for box and medium hedging
• Tolerates coastal conditions and drought
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Click here! | Alnus jorullensis, Mexican Alder, Evergreen Birch
Evergreen Alder (Toorak Gum) is a fast growing medium sized evergreen tree. This tree is tough and will quite often thrive where other trees have difficultly growing. It prefers soil with higher amounts of moisture and loves low wet ground.
Evergreen Alder is great as it can be shaped as well as used as a windbreak. Grows to around 6 meters in height. For more information, see our Evergreen Alder/Toorak Gum Tree factsheet. | |
| Content | | Evergreen Alders will grow up to 8 metres tall and 4 to 5 metres wide, but they love to be trimmed and can be kept at almost any height. If you want a neat hedge shaped screen, trim them 3 times a year, or if you just want to keep the trees small trim them once a year. The time of year for the trimming doesn't matter - do it whenever you feel like.
If you're planting a screen you plant them 2-3 metres a part. For an avenue plant them 6 to 7 metres apart. | |
| Additional information |
| botanical-name |
Euonymus fortunei, Euonymus japonicas microphyllus
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| height-x-width |
50cm x 50cm
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| planting-distance |
For border: 4 per metre
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| features |
Dense compact glossy dark green narrow leaves on a dwarf bush
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| conditions |
Very hardy, will thrive in most soils but prefers full sun to part shade in well drained soil
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| landscape-use |
Low hedge, borders, topiary, containers for patios and courtyards
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