Carpenteria californica 'Bodnant'
Tree anenome
- Height × spread
- 3m × 1.5m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Average winter to - 10C (RHS H4)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
Wonderful in flower from early to mid summer. This long-leaved shrub has large white rounded flowers, born both singly and in clusters. These are snowy white with a showy array of white gold tipped stamens that rise from the cone-shaped heart of the bloom. The shrub itself can be elegant or somewhat awry and spreading, but has a charm all its own. The young slender branches are rich brown. This is a borderline tender shrub but this is said to be the hardiest form, so perhaps the best choice for cooler parts of the country. It will not be hardy everywhere.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Stem colour
- Brown
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, sweet
- Shape
- Fan
- Height
- 3m
- Spread
- 1.5m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun
- Soil type
- Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil, Drought resistant
- Hardiness
- Average winter to - 10C (RHS H4)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Wall cover
- Walls
- South facing
- Hazards
- No
- Pet safe
- Yes – listed in our pet-safe plants
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
Summer
Summer · Planting
Prune lightly after flowering
Give the plant a light haircut, generally tidying it up and removing any shoots that are wayward or damaged in any way. Dead flowers can be cut off if this is practical - the shrub may have too many, or they may be hard to reach.
Planting & general
Outdoor planting · Planting
Add root growth stimulant to the planting hole
Mycorrhizal fungi helps roots establish quickly, so they absorb water and nutrients more efficiently. It comes as a powder, granule or gel. Add to the planting hole or container, and to the plant's rootball before planting in the hole. For "bareroot" plants use a gel.