Hoheria
Lacebark
- Height × spread
- 2.5m – 7m × 2m – 5m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
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About this plant
There are five evergreen trees in this genus, all of which come from New Zealand. They are all valued for their beautiful flowers which generally appear in late summer. None of them are reliably hardy throughout the UK and they are usually given sheltered positions. Hoheria lyallii has good-sized fragrant white cup-shaped blooms. Hoheria sexstylosa has smaller, daintier white flowers and it, and its forms are entrancing when they appear covered in dancing blooms. Hoheria angustifolia and its cultivars make small slender trees, likewise covered in white flowers. This tree has both juvenile and adult foliage, the juvenile leaves being rounded. Hoheria populnea is a small tree that is only likely to reach around 6 metres in height, producing starry white flowers. Finally Hoheria glabrata, is shrubby in character, stands two or so metres in height and flowers in mid summer, The branches are said to be bowed by the weight of the fragrant white blooms. In addition there are a number of hybrids from species crosses.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green, Grey
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, some varieties
- Shape
- Bell
- Height
- 2.5m – 7m
- Spread
- 2m – 5m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Scented garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, likes part shade, likes light shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Clay, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, some are not hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Wall cover, Structural, Bee attraction, Butterfly attraction
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed young plants with slow release fertiliser
Spread a slow release fertiliser around the base of the plant to the edge of the foliage spread, so that it can feed the roots. It is helpful for this to be applied for several years.
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost until the plant becomes well established.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Winter
Winter · Planting
Prune to maintain the plant
The plant is best left largely unpruned. When dormant remove any branches that are dead or diseased. In addition, remove any branches that are awkwardly angled or which grow back through the centre of the plant spoiling its open shape.
Planting & general
Planting
Protect & support young trees
Attach a newly planted tree or tall shrub over 1m to a tree stake to give support and prevent windrock. Use a tree guard to stop tree bark being eaten by animals, especially in areas with deer - removing bark injures a tree and in worst case can kill it.