Azara
lanceolata(Flacourtiaceae family) is
a native of Chile and parts of Argentina. It was originally
found by Charles Darwin on the Tres Montes peninsula in December
1834 during the voyage of the Beagle. It was introduced
to the UK in 1926 and first flowered at Nymans garden in Sussex.
It is considered more tender than Azara
microphylla and cold winds will blacken the leaves
like Azara serrata in
the frost. Grows to about 20 feet.
Plant Portraits through the year
The
plants are arranged in alphabetical order with the date of the photograph
after it.
