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Syzygium grijsii
Small 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.
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Prepared 08 September 2026