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Ardisia fendleri

Ardisia fendleri is a shrub or small tree from tropical forests of southern Mexico and Central America, growing 3 to 7 metres tall. It does best as a shaded understory plant in warm, humid conditions.

Family
Primulaceae (Primul family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Part shade, Shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist and never waterlogged; water more in the growing season.
Soil
Rich, well-drained, humus-rich potting mix or loam with added organic matter.
Temperature
18–29 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Mexico to C. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Ardisia fendleri is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae. It is a shrub or small tree native to southern Mexico and to Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama in Central America. It grows from 3 to 7 meters tall in tropical moist lowland and montane forests from sea level to 2000 meters elevation.

Other Ardisia plants

Ardisia alstonii · Ardisia amplexicaulis · Ardisia blatteri · Rambling spearflower · Ardisia brittonii · Ardisia byrsonimae · Ardisia chiriquiana · Ardisia costaricensis · Hen's eyes · Japanese Holly · Ardisia darienensis · Ardisia dukei

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ardisia fendleri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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