Monday, March 3, 2014
Indigenous Beauties Tabernaemontana elegans
Tabernaemontana elegans
Toad Tree
This small to medium sized tree is perfect for a small garden. It reaches about 3-8m in height, with a single roughly fissured corky trunk. Its evergreen foliage is always a rich glossy green colour. It bears clusters of white star shaped flowers from the start of spring to the end of summer. The fruit is usually in pairs, with a look and texture similar to a toads skin.
It will grow in semi shade to full sun, and requires moderate water in well draining soil. It is frost hardy to an extent.
I love this tree for so many reasons. You cant go wrong, whether you choose it for its small size, foliage that always looks amazing, its pretty flowers or unusual fruit and bark.
Toad Tree
This small to medium sized tree is perfect for a small garden. It reaches about 3-8m in height, with a single roughly fissured corky trunk. Its evergreen foliage is always a rich glossy green colour. It bears clusters of white star shaped flowers from the start of spring to the end of summer. The fruit is usually in pairs, with a look and texture similar to a toads skin.
It will grow in semi shade to full sun, and requires moderate water in well draining soil. It is frost hardy to an extent.
I love this tree for so many reasons. You cant go wrong, whether you choose it for its small size, foliage that always looks amazing, its pretty flowers or unusual fruit and bark.
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