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Griselinia

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Noun1.Griselinia - evergreen shrubs of New Zealand and South America
genus Griselinia
rosid dicot genus - a genus of dicotyledonous plants
Cornaceae, dogwood family, family Cornaceae - a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia
Griselinia lucida, puka - South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers
Griselinia littoralis, kapuka - small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental
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Good examples include lavenders, sea buckthorn, griselinia (a dense leafy evergreen with upright habit) and santolina (cotton lavender), a shrub which looks its best during the summer months when it is covered with lots of tiny yellow flowers.
The height of fashion by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
An acer palmatum hybrid provides an important focal point in one border whilst a griselinia provides a soft green background in another.
Jean's an inspiration! by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
5m (5ft), with scented white daises, and Brachyglottis laxifolia, a rounded shrub reaching 90cm (3ft), producing yellow daisy clusters; and an evergreen wall shrub, Griselinia littoralis, of which there is a variegated form.
Meet challenge of cold, wintry days in garden by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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