Hamamelis × intermedia 'Diane'
witch hazel
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: moderately fertile, moist, well-drained neutral to acid soil
- Rate of growth: slow-growing
- Flowering period: January to February
- Hardiness: fully hardy
In winter, this vase-shaped, deciduous shrub has clusters of sweetly scented, rich coppery-red flowers clinging to bare twigs. In autumn, the bright green leaves turn spectacular shades of yellow, orange and red. This award-winning variety of witch hazel is a lovely specimen plant for a sunny winter border or woodland edge. The flowering twigs can be cut to perfume rooms in winter. - Garden care: In early spring remove any misplaced, crossing or diseased branches and apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted compost or manure around the base of the plant.
Cyclamen coum
sowbread
Pretty winter flowers
£6.99
9cm pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Cornus alba 'Sibirica'
red-barked dogwood
Bright coral-red stems in winter
£9.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire'
dogwood
Flame-coloured winter stems
£11.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Amelanchier lamarckii
June berry
Superb autumn colour
£24.99
7.5 litre pot
available to order from summer 2013
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Subtle flowers on bare branches to lift the January gloom and these indestructible bright-red spidery ribbons smell of spice
Val Bourne - Garden Writer