There are about 18 species of small evergreen or low spreading shrubs in this genus. \u00a0Native to South America and the Cape region of South Africa where they\u2019re found in rocky mountainsides and sea cliffs. There are two species that are grown as ornamental. \u00a0Normally maxizing out at 4\u2019 feet tall they have branches that have glands that secretes a sticky substance that are often sticky with small aromatic leaves. \u00a0The 5 petal flowers are 1\u201d wide and are white or pink and fragrant in some species that are out of proportion with the leaves.<\/p>\n
They thrive in deeply worked, free draining, gritty soil and a sunny open position and are ideal for rock or container gardens. In cooler climates put in greenhouse fertilizing sparingly. \u00a0Water well in winter and spring but drier in summer.<\/p>\n
Adenandra uniflora \u2013 Enamel Flower \u2013 China Flower<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This dense twiggy shrub grows 2\u2019 feet tall and 3\u2019 feet wide. The small narrow deep green leaves are born on fine reddish stems. \u00a0Spring and summer its covered with 5 petal none fragrant flowers that are quite beautiful. \u00a0The white, pink tinged flowers are 1\u201d wide they look like a delicate porcelain, thence the common name.<\/p>\n Zones 8-10<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Adenandra There are about 18 species of small evergreen or low spreading shrubs in this genus. \u00a0Native to South America and the Cape region of South Africa where they\u2019re found in rocky mountainsides and sea cliffs. There are two species that are grown as ornamental. \u00a0Normally maxizing out at 4\u2019 feet tall they have branches […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[21,32,31,20],"product_tag":[92],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160252391"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/3886"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3886"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=3886"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=3886"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=3886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}