Drimys lanceolata (close-up) - 2017

Ours hasn't opened yet..also your leaves are looking in better condition than ours, in fact yours are pristine! perhaps they don't like coastal winds?

I think they prefer a sheltered position. Do you get any calm days on the coast? :-)

Very few Andrew.........have spent the last 17 years trying to create a shelter belt!!

is it fragrant? it looks like it should be.

I can't detect anything (although I have little sense of smell). The leaves are supposed to be fragrant, but I can't get anything from them either.