Syzygium grijsiiSmall Leaf Syzygium

Syzygium grijsii carries the smallest leaves in a genus better known for its large glossy ones: fine, narrow, dark green foliage that flushes coppery on new growth and takes clipping down to a very tight face. Small white fluffy flowers with prominent stamens appear through spring and summer.

It is used where a hedge has to be genuinely low and genuinely crisp: parterres, edging to a formal bed, clipped balls in planters and a defined line along a path.

Specifications

• Height1 to 3 metres, or readily held at 0.5 to 1 metre as a clipped hedge
• Width1 to 2 metres
• Native toSouthern China
• FoliageVery small, narrow, glossy dark green leaves flushing coppery on new growth; evergreen
• Growth rateModerate

Conditions

• SoilPrefers moist, well-drained soils; tolerates a range once established
• LightFull sun to partial shade
• WaterModerate
• ClimateThrives in subtropical and warm temperate regions; tolerates light frost

Additional Features

• FlowersSmall white fluffy flowers with prominent stamens through spring and summer
• UsesIdeal for low formal hedging and parterres, bed edging, clipped balls and standards, and container planting
• SpacingPlant 0.3 to 0.5 metres apart for a continuous low hedge
• Low MaintenanceClips well and holds a crisp edge with two or three trims a year
• Pest ResistanceGenerally resilient
• VersatilityGrown as a hedge, a ball, a standard or a container specimen
• Seasonal AppealCoppery new growth reading against the dark mature foliage

Small Leaf Syzygium is the plant for the low formal line that a large-leaved hedge can never hold cleanly.