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Syzygium rehderianum
Red Lip Syzygium
Syzygium rehderianum is a southern Chinese lilly pilly grown for the colour of its new growth. Narrow leathery leaves emerge bright red to bronze and darken slowly to a glossy deep green, so a clipped plant carries a coloured surface over a dark base for most of the growing season.
It clips hard and holds a fine face, which makes it a strong hedging and topiary subject in subtropical climates, and small clusters of red flowers appear along the older wood.
Specifications
- Height3 to 6 metres, commonly held at 2 to 3 metres as a hedge
- Width2 to 3 metres
- Native toSouthern China, from Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian and Hainan
- FoliageOpposite, narrow, leathery dark green leaves flushing bright red to bronze on new growth; evergreen
- Growth rateModerate
Conditions
- SoilPrefers free-draining, humus-rich, slightly acidic soils
- LightFull sun to partial shade
- WaterModerate; regular and even through the warm months
- ClimateThrives in subtropical and warm temperate regions and tolerates light frost
Additional Features
- FlowersClusters of small red to pink flowers with prominent stamens, borne along the older wood
- FruitSmall dark purple berries following the flowers
- UsesIdeal for clipped hedging and screening, topiary, and courtyard and streetscape planting
- SpacingPlant 0.6 to 1 metre apart for a hedge
- Low MaintenanceShear two or three times a year; each cut triggers a fresh flush of red new growth
- Pest ResistanceGenerally sound, and less troubled by psyllid than several Australian lilly pillies
- Seasonal AppealRed new growth appears after every trim rather than once a year
Red Lip Syzygium gives a clipped hedge a coloured surface that renews itself every time the shears come out.
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Prepared 09 September 2026