Tamarix ramosissima 'Pink Cascade'
tamarisk
- Position: full sun
- Soil: any well-drained soil, except shallow chalk
- Rate of Growth: fast
- Flowering period: August and September
- Flowers: pink
- Other features: slender, light green leaves
- Hardiness: fully hardy
- Garden care: For use as a windbreak or hedging in warm, coastal areas plant in a single line with one metre between each plant. To prevent the plant from becoming top heavy cut back the flowering stems in early spring.
Light, feathery plumes of tiny, rich pink flowers on arching branches in late summer and early autumn and slender, light green leaves. This vigorous shrub or small tree is ideal for creating a colourful splash in a sunny border. It's a valuable windbreak in warm, coastal areas, thriving in any well-drained soil, except shallow chalk.
Cistus × purpureus
rock rose
Large, bright pink flowers
£9.99
3 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Abelia × grandiflora
abelia
A long-flowering shrub for a mixed border
£11.99
3 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple'
smoke bush
Magnificent smoke-like plumes
£12.99
3 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Ceratostigma willmottianum Forest Blue ('Lice') (PBR)
Chinese plumbago
Foliage turns wonderful autumnal colours
£11.99
2 litre pot
available to order from summer 2013
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