| Description | Cornus kousa var Chinensis, Kousa Dogwood, Chinese Dogwood
This is arguably the world's most beautiful dogwood, with a fabulous show of white flowers in spring, and magnificent autumn colour. A beautiful small (up to 4m) deciduous feature tree and is extremely beautiful when in bloom. Flowering season is late spring, weeks after the tree puts on foliage again.
8" pot size | Dietes grandiflora
Dietes or Wild Irises are well known exotic plant with long strappy leaves and beautiful large blooms which are white marked with yellow and violet. They're a commonly seen in gardens and large landscapes throughout the country. They are perennial & evergreen, and grows up to 1.5m in large clumps. Wild Iris can grown in shade or sun and is tolerant of drought, salt and waterlogging, making it a versatile and very useful plant. | Rosa hybrid tea
Medium sized bush, highly fragrant with lilac coloured, high centered blooms. Available as a 3ft standard, 2ft standard and bush rose.
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| Content | | | Roses are easily one of the most popular and widely cultivated groups of flowering plants. Numerous different cultivars have been produced over the last twu centuries, although roses have been grown for millennia before their popularity bloomed. Renowned for their flowers and beauty, they are also loved for other reasons such as their fruit. The rose hip can be made into an old fashioned jam. Roses range in size and variety from your standard and bush roses to climbers and weeping varieties. Amongst all their beautiful colours, varieties and fragrances there is bound to be the perfect rose out there for your garden. For more information on selecting and growing roses, visit our Rose Factsheet. |
| Additional information |
| botanical name |
Cornus kousa
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| height x width |
4m x 3m
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| features |
Dense green foliage and tiered branches, the flower heads with large pure-white bracts appear, each bract ending in an acute point followed by red fruit
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| conditions |
Sun to part shade in rich well-drained soil
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| landscape use |
Specimen, group planting, general garden planting
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| height x width |
90cm x 70cm
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| features |
Yellow large petalled iris-like flowers with a brown mark during spring and summer
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| conditions |
Hardy, prefers full sun to part shade in well-drained soil
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| landscape use |
Mass plantings, general gardening and landscaping, roadside planting
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