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Hoheria lyallii
Also called Lacebark
Mountain lacebark is a deciduous shrub or small tree from the drier mountains of New Zealand's South Island, growing up to about 7 m, with hairy leaves and fragrant white summer flowers. It needs good drainage and sun, and tolerates cold well.
Hoheria lyallii, the mountain lacebark, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family Malvaceae, endemic to New Zealand, where it grows on drier mountainous areas of South Island — mainly in eastern Canterbury and
Marlborough. Growing to 7 m (23 ft), it is a deciduous shrub or small tree with hairy leaves and slightly scented white flowers in summer.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hoheria lyallii 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.
