
Crinodendron Hookerianum
Chilean Lantern Tree
£9.99
Unit price perCan grow up to 8 m in the right conditions.
9 cm
Flowering: spring - summer
- This award-winning lantern tree is perfect for a partially shady woodland garden with humus-rich acid soil.
- Initially slow-growing, in cold areas it's best grown in a cool greenhouse or conservatory to minimise the risk of frost damage to the young flower buds.
- A beautiful, ornamental, evergreen shrub or small tree named after the lantern-shaped, crimson to deep carmine-pink flowers, suspended from the undersides of its branches from May to August.
Full sun
Moderate watering
This forst hardy plant (down to -10C) grows in fertile, moist but well-drained acid soil in a sheltered position, in partial shade or in sun where the roots can be kept cool and shaded. Propagate by semi-hardwood cuttings in late summer. It will take around 20 years to reach its maturity.
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