Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna 'Purple Stem'
sweet box
- Position: partial to deep shade
- Soil: moderately fertile, humus-rich, moist, well- drained soil
- Rate of growth: slow-growing to average
- Flowering period: December to March
- Flower colour: creamy-white
- Other features: the flowers are followed by spherical, black or blue-black berries
- Hardiness: fully hardy
A suckering, evergreen shrub that gradually forms a dense thicket. The new shoots are flushed with an attractive dark purple-pink hue which gradually fades as the stems mature. The stems are clothed with slender, tapering, dark green leaves and in winter sweetly scented, pink-tinged, white flowers appear, which are followed by rounded blue-black fruit. - Garden care: In late-winter or early-spring lightly trim or prune back shoots that spoil the plant's symmetry. After pruning apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted compost around the base of the plant.
Helleborus × hybridus Harvington red
Lenten rose hellebore
Rich red flower colour
£11.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Lonicera × purpusii 'Winter Beauty'
winter honeysuckle
Fantastic fragrance during the winter
£12.99
2 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Daphne odora
daphne
Wonderful in the woodland
£14.99
1 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Iris 'Pauline' (Reticulata)
iris bulbs
Deepest purple with white freckles
£4.99
25 bulbs
available to order from summer 2013
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