| Name | Michelia figo 'Coco' remove | Imperata 'Japanese Blood Grass' 6" Pot remove | Erigeron 'Seaside Daisy' remove | Buxus 'Dutch Box' remove |
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| Description | Michelia figo 'Coco'
Michelia Coco (Michelia Figo) is a beautiful evergreen shrub with lush green, glossy, medium-sized foliage and masses of scented creamy-white blooms maturing to a mottled pink. Perfect screening/hedging plant or great in planter pots. Preferring a sheltered sunny position in the garden with a well-drained, moist, fertile soil in a sunny to a partly shaded position. Tip prune after flowering to maintain a dense, rounded plant. Will tolerate light frost.
Producing creamy-white flowers turning a mottled pink. Two flower flushes occur, starting in late winter to early summer, then again in autumn. Flowers are fragrant, ideal for hedging and suitable for large containers, Michelia are a member of the Magnolia family. | Imperata cylindrica rubra
Japanese blood grass is grown for its decorative foliage. The leaves emerge green at the base with tips blood red.
The vivid red colour increases in summer and is at its best in autumn. Japanese Blood Grass is a very good accent plant. It prefers a full sun position and can be planted near ponds or other water features.
6''/14cm pot
Please note: These plants die off during winter and go dormant with light brown foliage, they will come back every year with colour from Spring. | Erigeron karvinskianus
Daisy Spray or Seaside Daisy is a hardy perennial shrub with little daisy flowers of pink and white.
• Only grows 15cm tall!
• Perfect for borders, pots and the cottage style garden
• Tolerates heat, drought, poor soils and frost | Buxus sempervirens suffruticosa
A glossy green, rounded leaf box hedging plant
• Used for low to medium hedging and topiary
• Planted in the garden, along borders, pathways and in pots
• Tolerates shady positions |
| Content | | | Daisy Spray Erigeron is a superior form of the Seaside Daisy, Erigeron karvinskianus, that will grow into a compact mound 60 cm in diameter and 40 cm tall. Daisy Spray Erigeron retains its compact shape & dosen’t self-sow and spread throughout the garden. Daisy Spray Erigeron’s soft pink & white daisy flowers are borne in a densely massed profusion for most of the year. Take a look at our fact sheet on Daisy Spray to find out more information. | If your looking for a small hedging plant then this is the one for you. Dutch Box is a dwarf box that grows with dense, glossy green foliage and works well in shaded areas.
Dutch Box also likes part shade in moist, well-drained soil, but will tolerate a wide range of soils and conditions. It should be clipped to maintain a formal shape.
Slight yellow discolouration of the leaves on Dutch box may occur during cooler months, but don't worry, this is normal! This is remedied by applying with Dolomite Lime, and a slow release fertilizer a month later. Or you can just leave your Dutch Box alone and it will come back lovely and green and spring.
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| botanical name |
Imperata cylindrica "Rubra"
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50cm x 50cm
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| features |
showy decorative grass with upright green flushed dark red foliage, the vivid red color increases in summer and is at its best in autumn
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| conditions |
Plant in full sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil.
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| landscape use |
Ideal for pots, garden beds and groups for an instant color effect
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| botanical-name |
Buxus sempervirens "Suffruticosa"
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| height-x-width |
Up to 1m, but usually kept quite low as slow growing
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| planting-distance |
For border: 5 or 6 per metre
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| features |
An evergreen dwarf shrub with glossy green oval foliage and a dense growth habit
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| conditions |
Sun to part shade in moist, well-drained soil, but will tolerate a wide range of soils and conditions, clip to maintain formal shape
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| landscape-use |
Edges and borders, topiary, pots and general garen planting, widely used in formal gardens
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