James Roof Garrya Elliptica

Amazing 1 long silver gray tassels from late fall last through winter.

James roof garrya elliptica.

Flowers male in drooping grey green catkins to 20cm in length. Noted for its long silvery catkins garrya elliptica james roof silk tassel is a large vigorous bushy evergreen shrub clothed in leathery wavy edged dark green leaves. Prune immediately after flowering. The cultivar that i see most often in the trade is garrya elliptica james roof.

Genus garrya are vigorous evergreen dioecious shrubs with simple leathery leaves and small greenish flowers in pendent catkin like racemes in late winter and early spring details james roof is a large vigorous bushy evergreen shrub with leathery dark green leaves. Garrya elliptica probably dies more often from too much water rather than too little. Wavy leaf silk tassel is a beautiful winter blooming evergreen shrub native to the oregon coast from lincoln county south to santa barbara county california. Hardy to usda zone 8 native to the coast range and near the pacific ocean from southwest oregon to southern california.

Large shrubs have the appearance of a chandelier. Long 20 cm dangling like christmas decorations. Garrya elliptica james roof is the most popular variety because its tassels are much longer than the species up to 30cm long and lasting for many weeks making a striking backdrop to other smaller plants. The royal horticultural society has given it its prestigious award of garden merit agm.

Garrya elliptica gets to 10 feet tall in the wild and tends to be taller than wide. Tassels dry and abort the plant by late spring then.