Hoheria × ‘Glory of Amlwch’

Planted: 2008

This shrub is on the north side of the Malus Avenue.

Distribution:	A cross between Hoheria glabrata and Hoheria sexstylosa which originated in the garden of Dr Jones, Amlwch, Anglesey. Hoheria are native to New Zealand. The genus name is a latinization of the Māori language name, ‘houhere’. That name, as well as lacebark and ribbonwood, are often used as common names.
Planting Date:	October 2008, purchased from Pan-Global Plants, Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire.
Growth Habit:	An evergreen shrub, or small tree. Glabrous except on the young shoots, flower stalks and calyx, which are more or less pubescent.
Bark:
Leaf:	8 to 13 cm long 4 to 6 cm wide, ovate, firm in texture, edged with large sharply pointed unequal teeth.
Flowers:	Very abundant pure white produced inclusters from the leaf axils eac flower 2 to 2.5 cm across with spreading, narrowly oblong petals and numerous stamens.
Fruit:
Toxicity:
Potential tree size:	3 to 9 m tall.
Uses: Ornamental
Plant Hunter:
Introduction Date: .	Hoheria were introduced to Ireland in the early 1900s but not considered sufficiently hardy for planting in England. Hybrids have been shown to be much hardier
Anecdotes and Comments:	Awarded the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit in 1960.