Ternstroemia gymnanthera seed

LATIN NAME: TERNSTROEMIA GYMNANTHERA

COMMON NAME: Japanese Ternstroemia

In the evergreen woods and the temple gardens of the east, the Japanese ternstroemia grows as a dense, evergreen shrub or small tree with the leathery, oval, glossy leaves that flush bronze and red when they are young and the small, creamy-yellow, fragrant flowers in the early summer, the round, red fruits ripening in the autumn. Over the seasons it steadily builds a rounded crown, standing 5-10 metres at maturity. Full sun is ideal, in deep, fertile ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The Japanese ternstroemia holds a place in the studies of the camellia family of the east, its bronze young leaves and its red fruits keeping it in view in the work on the evergreen shrubs of the temple gardens and the ornamental foliage plants of the region. The research looks at the way the young leaves flush bronze, the red fruits ripen and feed the birds, and the seed biology of the hard seeds.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the temple garden and the sheltered border, the Japanese ternstroemia carries the glossy, leathery leaves that flush bronze in the spring and sets the red fruits that ripen in the autumn. The dense, slow evergreen makes a fine hedge, and the plant makes the fine foliage shrub, the temple-garden plant and the shrub of the sheltered, deep garden. It is a shrub for the sunny or shaded, deep and fertile place.

To grow the Japanese Ternstroemia from seed, sow the fresh seeds at once, straight from the red fruits, on leafy soil.

Sow the fresh seeds at once, straight from the red fruits, on leafy soil, and keep the young ternstroemias in the shaded, sheltered spot. The bronze leaves flush with the spring.

LATIN NAME: Ternstroemia gymnanthera

COMMON NAME: Cleyera, Ternstroemia, Japanese Ternstroemia

The ternstroemia is a handsome and tidy evergreen of the eastern Asian mountains, and its glossy, leathery foliage and its neat, compact form have made it a valued shrub of the garden and the hedge. It slowly becomes a compact, rounded bush, reaching three to four metres. It is a species of the pentaphylax family, which grows on the elevations of two hundred to two thousand eight hundred metres in Japan and China and on the elevation of twelve hundred to fifteen hundred metres in the Himalayas, while it is a neat and valued evergreen of the garden.

The ternstroemia belongs to the pentaphylax family, Pentaphylacaceae, and it is a species of flowering plant which grows on the elevations of two hundred to two thousand eight hundred metres in Japan and China and on the elevation of twelve hundred to fifteen hundred metres in the Himalayas. The plant is three and a half metres tall and blooms from the June to the July, while it is prized for its glossy foliage and its neat, compact form.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The ternstroemia has a genuine and growing place in both horticultural and ecological research. It has been studied in the horticulture, since it is a handsome and tidy evergreen of the garden and the hedge, prized for its glossy foliage and its neat, compact form, and researchers have examined its cultivation, its growth and its value in the landscape, while its tolerance of the shade, the pruning and the clipping has made it a valued plant of the hedge and the formal garden, and its glossy, leathery foliage has drawn attention in the international gardening press as a neat evergreen of the garden. The shrub has also been studied in the ecology, since it is a native of the eastern Asian mountains, and researchers have examined its growth, its role in the forest community and its tolerance of the varied elevations, while the study of the evergreen shrubs of the eastern Asian forests has been of continuing interest. The species has also been studied in the botany, since it is a member of the pentaphylax family, and its classification and its relationships have been examined, while the place of the plant in the family has been examined. For a shrub of such neatness, the ternstroemia has a steady and growing record of research.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

Ecologically, the ternstroemia is a tidy shrub of the eastern Asian mountains. Its small flowers feed the bees and the insects, and its glossy, leafy crown gives shelter, while it is a neat presence in the forests and the mountain slopes of Japan, China and the Himalayas.

Its economic value is real. It is a valued evergreen of the garden and the hedge, prized for its glossy foliage and its neat, compact form, and it has drawn attention in the international gardening press as a neat evergreen of the garden, while it is also used in the hedges and the formal plantings of the warm temperate world. For a grower, the ternstroemia is an easy and rewarding shrub, and for a gardener it brings glossy foliage and a tidy, compact form. The seeds are easy to start — sow them in a pot of moist, free-draining compost in a warm, bright or lightly shaded spot, keep them gently watered, and theyll be sprouting within a few weeks, growing on into a neat, glossy-leaved shrub.