| Description | Metrosideros collina
Little Dugald is a new variety and a close relation of the Meterosiderous Fiji Fire and Thomasi (New Zealand Christmas Bush) Its better than these as it flowers and flowers and did I say it flowers !!! Frequent flushes of bright red bottle brush like flowers. The little birds love them. It is a tougher plant and for all the right reasons is becoming more popular than it’s Meterosiderous relations, it is good for smaller to medium hedging applications
6''/14cm pot size | Lavandula angustifolia "Hidcote"
Hidcote Lavender is a dwarf bush with aromatic silver-green leaves bearing slender spikes of dark purple-blue flowers during spring and summer. The flowers are darker in colour than Munstead lavendar, and Hidcote does not grow as tall.
6" pot size, approximately 8-20cm in height. | Pennisetum setaceum 'Rubrum'
Semi-perennial ornamental clumping grass with burgundy red foliage
• Very hardy, tolerating most soil and weather conditions
• Gorgeous, feathery seed heads that sway in the wind
• Grown as a feature, mixed into cottage or coastal garden beds or lining fence lines
This plant dies back in winter and will re-shoot in late spring! Please be aware if you purchase this plant between May and November it will "look dead". It is not dead.
3"/7cm pot size. |
| Content | Metrosideros collina 'Little Dugald'
Little Dugald is a great plant for a low to medium sized hedge, growing between 1-2m high x 1m wide. It is an extremely versatile shrub that can withstand a light frost, wind and salt tolerant (making it ideal for exposed coastal situations), can be grown in full sun or part shade and is drought tolerant once established. It produces masses of bright red flowers toward the end of Spring right through to the end of Summer which provide plenty of nectar for the local native birds. Prune lightly after flowering to keep maintain it’s shape and compact growth. An application of slow release fertiliser at the start of Spring will encourage new growth and guarantee flowers at the end of Spring. | | |
| Additional information |
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| botanical name |
Lavandula angustifolia "Hidcote"
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| height x width |
30cm x 30cm
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| planting distance |
For border: 25cm
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| conditions |
Sunny open position in well-drained soil, lavender will not tolerate wet feet, please read Wet Feet Kills, prune after flowering
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| landscape use |
Borders, low hedges, single specimens, containers, cut flowers, pot pourri, lavender sachets
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| botanical-name |
Pennisetum setaceum
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| height-x-width |
1m x 45cm
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| planting-distance |
For border: 60-70cm
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| features |
Narrow leaf blades with arching coppery-white spikes with brush-like flower clusters which last from late summer until winter
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| conditions |
Full sun to part shade in well-drained soil, drought tolerant
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| landscape-use |
Borders, specimen, group plantings, mass, pots
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