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The ‘Magical Diascia ‘Diamond’ Collection’ will fill your garden with uplifting, free-flowering fun. Plants are slug-proof beauties which are so easy to grow, relatively low maintenance and great for beginners as well as busy and more experienced gardeners. Packing a wonderfully colourful punch from May to September and sometimes longer, these diminutive and frivolous blooms resemble frothy clouds, hovering above neat, fresh-green foliage and sure to mesmerise with their seemingly endless, floriferous display.Perfect for the front of a border, sunny bank, rock garden and containers or hanging baskets. The flowers of diascia provide a rich source of nectar for pollinators. ‘Magical Diascia ‘Diamond’ Collection’ prefer fertile, moist, well-drained soil of any kind except heavy clay. Your collection comprises of 3 varieties – ‘Fuchsia’, ‘Pink’ and ‘White Blush’ – all of which reach a height of 20cm with a spread of 30cm.Position these half-hardy (H3) perennials in full sun with a south or east facing aspect. Water during prolonged dry periods, and deadhead to promote further flowering. In the UK diascia are often treated as annuals, however container grown plants can be overwintered under cover for continued perennial growth
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Key Information
| Included In this Collection | Diascia Diamond Pink YP | Diascia Diamond White Blush YP | Diascia Diamond Fuchsia YP |
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| Latin Name | Diascia ‘Diamond Pink’ | ||
| Common Name | Twinspur | ||
| Hardiness | H3 (-1 to -5°C) | ||
| Colour | Pink | ||
| Type | Perennial | ||
| Format | Young Plants | ||
| Position | Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun | ||
| Foliage | Semi-Evergreen | ||
| Height in Maturity (m) | 0.20 | ||
| Spread in Maturity (m) | 0.30 | ||
| Soil Conditions | Chalk Clay Loam Sand, Chalk Loam Sand | ||
| Soil Acidity | Acid Alkaline Neutral, Alkaline Neutral | ||
| Aspect | East-facing, South-facing | ||
| Good for pots | Yes | ||
| Good for hanging baskets | Yes | ||
| Good for Rockeries | Yes | ||
| Good for wildlife | Yes | ||
| Good for pollinators | Yes | ||
| Good for groundcover | Yes |
