Cornus florida 'Sunset'

flowering dogwood

size: 2 litre pot

available to order from summer 2012

£19.99

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• Position: full sun to part shade
• Soil: fertile, humus-rich, well-drained, neutral to acid soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: May
• Other features: curled mid-green leaves turning red-purple in autumn
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  When the leaves emerge in spring, they have a flushed pink edge, but as they grow on this turns to a greenish yellow, creating leaves with a distinct variegation. In late spring tiny green flowers form in small clusters and these are each surrounded by four showy pink and cream petal-like bracts. Finally, there is another season of interest in the sutumn, when the foliage takes on red and purple tones before it falls. Grow this handsome plant as a large shrub, or remove the lower branches as it matures to creat an excellent specimen tree for a small, sunny garden.
  
  
• Garden care: Incorporate a quantity of composted pine needles, ericaceous compost or well-rotted leaf mould when planting. Requires minimal pruning.
  
  

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