| Description | Olea europaea
Swan Hill Olive is a unique and elegant evergreen tree that grows to a large size of approximately 34ft in height. Likes moist to dry soils and is drought tolerant. Swan Hill should be planted in a position of full sun to partial shade. This tree has a very long life span and strong branches. It bears grey green foliage and light gray scaly bark.
Please note, Swan Hill variety is a very low fruiting Olive, mainly used for screening and not fruiting.
| Blue for You Rose
Blue For You is one of the best blue rose yet! It produces a lovely, fruity fragrance and bears gorgeous semi-double, lilac blue blooms. It's neat bushy habit makes Rose Blue easy to care for.
This rose is best placed in a position of full sunlight and prefers rich well drained soils. This is a great rose bush to add colour to almost any garden! Perfect in garden beds or containers. Floribunda rose.
Available online ONLY - Not in store. | 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 | | | 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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| Additional information | | |
| 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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