{"product_id":"coprosma-quadrifida-mornington-peninsula","title":"Prickly Currant Bush - Coprosma quadrifida","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrice includes everything:\u003c\/strong\u003e the plant, free delivery and professional installation by our planting team. One price, whole job done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003ePrickly Currant Bush - Coprosma quadrifida\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrickly Currant Bush is a gully understorey shrub, and it is one of the few genuinely shade tolerant Australian natives that will thicken up under a closed canopy. \u003cem\u003eCoprosma quadrifida\u003c\/em\u003e builds a tangle of fine, rigid, interlacing branchlets carrying tiny paired leaves, with sharp spine tipped twigs throughout. In late spring the inconspicuous flowers give way to translucent orange red berries that light up in filtered sunlight and are taken by bush birds through summer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eWhy Prickly Currant Bush\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGenuine Shade Tolerance\u003c\/strong\u003e: It performs in deep dappled shade under tree ferns and eucalypts where most native shrubs thin out and fail.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTranslucent Berries\u003c\/strong\u003e: Small red orange fruit ripen through summer and are among the most attractive fruits of the southern understorey.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eImpenetrable Structure\u003c\/strong\u003e: Fine spiny interlacing twigs create the dense low refuge that small bush birds need and that most gardens lack.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMoist Gully Adaptation\u003c\/strong\u003e: Unlike most natives it prefers a cool, damp, humus rich root run rather than sharp drainage and full sun.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFine Textural Contrast\u003c\/strong\u003e: The tiny leaves and wiry framework read as a soft cloud against broad leaved ferns and rainforest species.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eIdeal Applications\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFern Gully Understorey\u003c\/strong\u003e: Planted under existing canopy in a shaded courtyard or gully garden to fill the missing shrub layer.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBird Refuge Thicket\u003c\/strong\u003e: Grouped closely it forms the protective mass that wrens and thornbills use for shelter and nesting.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRiparian Revegetation\u003c\/strong\u003e: Suits creek banks and damp drainage lines in cool temperate southern Australia.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eShaded Boundary Filler\u003c\/strong\u003e: Occupies the difficult narrow strip on the south side of a building where little else thrives.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSpecimen \u0026amp; Installation\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (screening\/hedge):\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 to 1.5m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSpacing (feature\/avenue):\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 2.5m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBest Planting Season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Autumn and winter, while soils are cool and moist.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil \u0026amp; Drainage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cool, moisture retentive, humus rich soil with free drainage below. It dislikes hot dry root zones and exposed, baked positions.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEstablishment Care:\u003c\/strong\u003e Keep the root zone consistently moist through the first two summers rather than allowing wet and dry swings. A thick leaf litter or fine bark mulch to 75mm is important here, since it mimics the forest floor conditions the plant evolved under and keeps the shallow roots cool.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePlant Details\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 to 4m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWidth:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 to 3m\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth Rate:\u003c\/strong\u003e Moderate\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evergreen\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Part shade to full shade, tolerates morning sun\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative to:\u003c\/strong\u003e South eastern Australia, including Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia and Tasmania\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower Colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Insignificant, small and greenish, followed by orange red berries\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nursery Direct","offers":[{"title":"400mm","offer_id":59795379978526,"sku":"ND-0508-400MM","price":800.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2536\/8862\/files\/UmUph7gdueyRjwYdfQvvQ_ZbjUxzSD.jpg?v=1787314672","url":"https:\/\/nurserydirect.com.au\/products\/coprosma-quadrifida-mornington-peninsula","provider":"Nursery Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}