In winter it is lit up by pendant silvery tassel like male catkins 8 in.
James roof garrya elliptica.
Amazing 1 long silver gray tassels from late fall last through winter.
Long 20 cm dangling like christmas decorations.
Genus garrya are vigorous evergreen dioecious shrubs with simple leathery leaves and small greenish flowers in pendent catkin like racemes in late winter and early spring details james roof is a large vigorous bushy evergreen shrub with leathery dark green leaves.
Garrya elliptica has survived local temperatures in the single digits.
Garrya elliptica gets to 10 feet tall in the wild and tends to be taller than wide.
Hardy to usda zone 8 native to the coast range and near the pacific ocean from southwest oregon to southern california.
A few male cultivars with especially long tassels are available james roof 30 cm evie 25 cm.
Wavy leaf silk tassel is a beautiful winter blooming evergreen shrub native to the oregon coast from lincoln county south to santa barbara county california.
Tassels dry and abort the plant by late spring then.
Noted for its long silvery catkins garrya elliptica james roof silk tassel is a large vigorous bushy evergreen shrub clothed in leathery wavy edged dark green leaves.
Prune immediately after flowering.
Flowers male in drooping grey green catkins to 20cm in length.
Garrya elliptica probably dies more often from too much water rather than too little.
Large shrubs have the appearance of a chandelier.