Holboellia latifolia
At a glance
- Exposure
- Full sun
- Frost limit
- −6.7 °C
Cultivation
Easily grown in any fertile soil in sun or part shade. Plants are not fully hardy in Britain, they tolerate temperatures down to about -15°c. Plants are fast growing. Closely related to H. coriacea.
Propagation
Seed - we have no details on this species but suggest sowing the seed as soon as it is ripe if this is possible, otherwise as soon as you obtain it, in a warm greenhouse. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Cuttings of softwood. Cuttings of half-ripe wood in late summer or autumn. Layering.
Edible uses
Fruit - raw.
Habitat
Forests, shrubberies and shady ravines below 4000 metres.
Native range
E. Asia - Himalayas from India to China.