Rhamnaceae
Scutia spicata var. pauciflora
Scutia spicata var. pauciflora var. pauciflora
Also known as Discaria parviflora, Scypharia parviflora, Scutia pauciflora, Discaria pauciflora
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Galapagos · Endemic · Rare · Rhamnaceae · Scutia · Shrub · Specialist · Island Plant · Conservation · Collector
This extremely rare Galápagos endemic shrub from the Rhamnaceae family is virtually unavailable in the horticultural trade and is best suited to specialist botanical garden cultivation. It requires a climate that mimics the mild, seasonally dry conditions of the Galápagos Islands and well-drained soil. Growing this plant outside its native habitat is a significant challenge best left to experienced botanists.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, allowing soil to partially dry between waterings as this shrub is adapted to variable island conditions · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.2–8.5
- Temperature
- -10°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- GaláPagos
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds
Sources: trefle
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