£15.00

A favourite 'Christmas Box' with one of the best foliage nicely ovate, deep glossy green. A good strong scent from creamy white flowers lightly touched pink followed by black berries. Lovely compact shape.
Introduced by Roy Lancaster from Shanghai Botanic Garden about 1981 but collected a year previously in the mountains of S. Zhejiang.
Propagated from the original plants, planted as a small group by a path where it can be enjoyed.
2 Litre pot

HardinessH4
Heighteventually up a metre in five years, easily trimmed back
SoilAny decent well-drained soil
Flowering PeriodDec-Feb
Goes Well WithShade lovers, Viburnum