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Clethra canescens var. clementis

Clethra canescens var. clementis is a small tree from the Clethraceae family, native to Borneo, growing up to about 10 metres in montane and sometimes lowland forest. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so most care guidance is general to the genus.

Family
Clethraceae (Clethr family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist, watering when the top few centimetres dry out.
Soil
Moist, acidic, well-drained humus-rich soil.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate

About

Clethra canescens var. clementis is a tree in the family Clethraceae.

Where it grows

Clethra canescens var. clementis is endemic to Borneo. Its habitat is montane forests, occasionally lowland forests.

Other Clethra plants

Mountain sweetpepperbush · Coastal sweetpepperbush · Lily Of The Valley Tree · Japanese Clethra · Clethra longispicata · Clethra pachyphylla · Clethra scabra · Sweetpepperbush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clethra canescens var. clementis 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.

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