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Alpine mirrorplant

Coprosma montana

Also called Alpine Mirror Plant

Alpine mirrorplant
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0

Coprosma montana, called pilo, is a small shrub or tree from the high mountains of Hawaii, growing at 1,800 to 3,000 m. It is grown mainly as a cool-climate or conservation plant, so keep it cool and well drained.

Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water when the top few centimetres of soil are dry; avoid soggy roots.
Soil
Free-draining, slightly acidic to neutral mix with organic matter.
Temperature
10–24 °C; protect from frost and sustained heat above 30 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Hawaiian Is. (E. Maui, Hawaiʻi)
Climate
subtropical

About

Coprosma montana, the pilo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, native to Hawaii. A shrub or small tree, it is found growing at elevations of 6,000 to 10,000 ft (1,800 to 3,000 m).

Other Coprosma plants

Sand Coprosma · Coprosma acutifolia · Tree Coprosma · Thin Leaved Coprosma · Coprosma baueri · Coprosma chathamica · Coprosma cheesemanii · Coprosma ciliata · Coprosma cordicarpa · Mikimiki · Coprosma cuneata · Coprosma dodonaeifolia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coprosma montana 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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