Corokia 'Coppershine'

Parker: No, it does exist - though I don't know whether it exists in
the US. Several UK nurseries offer it - eg Burncoose and Southdown in
Cornwall. I think it's originally a New Zealand creation. (Moira, Tim:
am I right?) I don't think it's up to much myself but then I'm not a
great lover of most corokias. (Soft spot for C. buddleoides excepted,
simply because here it's starred with its little yellow flowers just
about every day of the year: hardly showy but encouraging when the
weather is particularly bleak-mid-winter-ish.)

So that makes THREE 'Coppershines.' Can we run to a nap hand, even?
Any more offers? 

Maybe duplication of this sort is something the Naming Powers That Be
might usefully turn their attention to. Having half a dozen completely
different plants all tagged with the same name is a recipe for
confusion and disaster - particularly with somebody just finding out
about and falling in love with plants, who may WANT miniature treasure
'Ypsilon' but find themselves in fact lumbered (ho ho) with forest
tree 'Ypsilon' - and hence be seriously discouraged.
Tim Longville
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