Hydrangea macrophylla 'Hot Red Violet'
hydrangea
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: moist, well-drained, moderately fertile, humus-rich soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: July and August
- Flower colour: deep pinkish red
- Other features: The flower-heads make excellent dried flower arrangements
- Hardiness: fully hardy
Recently introduced, this deciduous shrub produces unusually dark pinkish red flowerheads in mid- to late summer when grown on soils with a neutral pH. Compact and bushy, it is well suited to pots and containers. - Garden care:To enhance flowering prune in spring, cutting back the flowered stems to a strong pair of buds below each flower-head. Once established, remove a quarter to a third of the old shoots to the base of the plant.
Hydrangea paniculata Pinky Winky ('Dvppinky') (PBR)
hydrangea
A glorious 'two-tone' flower
£17.99
3 litre pot
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Lavatera × clementii 'Rosea'
tree mallow (syn. L. olbia 'Rosea')
Long flowering, with pink, hollyhock-like flowers
£9.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Hibiscus syriacus 'Oiseau Bleu'
tree hollyhock (syn. Blue Bird)
Late flowering shrub with large blue flowers
£14.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Hibiscus syriacus 'Woodbridge'
tree hollyhock
Late-flowering shrub with deep pink flowers
£12.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
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