page_title: Drimys winteri
section_title: Cultivation
hierarchical_section_title: Drimys winteri / Cultivation
caption_attribution_description: Español: Un rehue, símbolo sagrado mapuche, en la Universidad Austral de Chile, Isla Teja, Valdivia, Chile.
context_page_description: Drimys winteri, the winter's bark or canelo, is a slender tree in the family Winteraceae, growing up to 20 m tall. It is native to the Magellanic and Valdivian temperate rain forests of Chile and Argentina, where it is a dominant tree in the coastal evergreen forests. It is found below 1,200 m between latitude 32° south and Cape Horn at latitude 56°. In its southernmost natural range it can tolerate temperatures down to −20 °C.
  The leaves are lanceolate, glossy green above, whitish below and can measure up to 20 cm. The flowers are white with a yellow center, and consist of a great number of petals and stamens. The fruit is a bluish berry.
context_section_description: Drimys winteri is grown in cool moist climates as an ornamental plant for its red-brown bark, bright green fragrant leaves and its clusters of creamy white jasmine-scented flowers.
  The species grows well in southern Great Britain, flourishing as far north as Anglesey. Specimens brought from the southern forests of Tierra del Fuego and planted in the Faroe Islands have proven to be especially hardy.
  This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
  It has been planted in the North Pacific Coast of the United States.
caption: A rewe and canelo tree in the Austral University of Chile.
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