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Elegant and frothy blooms emerge on long, colourful, arching stems from June through to September bringing delightfully fizzy impact. Your Sanguisorba Pimpernelle Collection offers a trio of pinks and whites to add vibrancy and intriguing form to your garden. Cut stems are also excellent for vase inside your home. An ideal way to add easy-going colour across the seasons in herbaceous borders, containers and wildlife gardens. Sanguisorba Pimpernelle Collection comprises Sanguisorba obtus ‘Alba’ with its generous, tasselled white blooms and a height of 1m with a spread of 60cm; Sanguisorba ‘Blackthorn’ with tighly packed, pink flowerheads and a height of 1.5m with a spread of 50cm; finally, Sanguisorba hakusanensis ‘Lilac Squirrel’ with its frivolous, arching lilac-pink flowers (resembling squirrel tails) which grow to a height and spread of 1.5m. Plant in moist, well-drained soil of any kind which benefits from full sun or partial shade. Fully hardy, herbaceous perennials which die b
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Key Information
| Included In this Collection | Sanguisorba obtusa Alba in 9cm pot | Sanguisorba Blackthorn 9cm pot | Sanguisorba hakusanensis Lilac Squirrel 9cm pot |
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| Latin Name | Sanguisorba obtusa Alba in 9cm pot | ||
| Common Name | Burnet | ||
| Hardiness | H7 (-20°C and below) | ||
| Colour | White | ||
| Format | 9cm Pots | ||
| Position | Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun | ||
| Foliage | Deciduous | ||
| Height in Maturity (m) | 1.00 | ||
| Spread in Maturity (m) | 60.00 | ||
| Soil Conditions | Chalk Clay Loam Sand | ||
| Soil Acidity | Acid Alkaline Neutral | ||
| Aspect | East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing | ||
| Drought Tolerant | Yes | ||
| Good for pots | Yes | ||
| Good for wildlife | Yes | ||
| Good for pollinators | Yes | ||
| Good for cutting | Yes | ||
| Good for groundcover | Yes |
