| PHYSOCARPUS OPULIFOLIUS DIABOLO.
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Trouble free, dense, bushy deciduous shrub with handsome dark purple foliage, green on the reverse, on purple stems. Flat heads of white flowers contrast dramatically with the foliage in early summer. These are followed by shiny purple seed pods. Well drained soil, sun or partial shade. Height 6ft (1.8m), spread 4ft (1.2m). This plant is registered for Plant Breeders' Rights. Propagation by unlicensed growers is prohibited. | |
| Soft Hues Collection.
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A wonderful selection of deciduous plants which will give interest with flowers or foliage all year. In late winter into spring the first flowers to open will be on the Winter Honeysuckle with its 3/4 inch (2cm) long, scented, creamy-white flowers. Then will follow the snowy-white flowers and attractive spring leaf colouring of the Amelanchier, followed by the very many clusters of pale-pink flowers of Deutzia Mont Rose.
In summer the air will be filled with the delicious fragrance of the Mock Orange (Philadelphus Coronarius). In the autumn, the leaves of the Amelanchier will give hues of red, orange and yellow, then all will fall to let the dainty white tinged pink heavily-scented flowers of the Viburnum fragrans show their beauty throughout the winter days.
A collection of 5 plants covers a length of approximately 3m (10ft)
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| Evergreen and Ever-Interesting Collection.
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Many evergreen hedges/screens, especially some varieties of conifers, have little seasonal change, but this collection will give contrasts and interest throughout the year.
In May the Berberis darwinii will burst into flower with its rich orange flowers, closely followed by the large bunches of white flowers on the Cotoneaster franchetii, and Pyracantha Orange Glow. Whilst bees continue to buzz and collect nectar from the Cotoneaster, the dainty pink flowers of the Escallonia Donard Seedling will start to appear, and these will persist throughout the summer.
All the year the Photinia fraseri Red Robin will enliven the hedge with its splashes of red on the new foliage. Come autumn, bunches of bright orange berries will be found on the Pyracantha, red berries on the Cotoneaster and blue-black barberries on the Berberis. The barberries you can eat or leave for food for wildlife; and eventually all the other berries will provide more food for birds. During the winter months Viburnum tinus will be displaying its flat heads of white flowers which have opened from pink buds. We may occasionally substitute equally suitable plants in this collection.
A collection of 6 plants covers a length of approximately 4m (12ft)
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