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A trio of taller shrubs which will also notch fragrant interest up a level in your borders, raised beds and containers. The Statuesque & Scented Collection is ideal for dotting amongst summer flowering shrubs as a means of bringing interest to the garden at what can be a sparse time of year. Tasselled and tubular flowers bring sweet, spicy and zesty fragrances to fill your garden from December through to April – heightening both your senses and your mood.Statuesque & Scented Collection comprises: Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Diane’ – an AGM holding beauty with orange-red tassels of flowers from February to March each year, H&S: 4m; Lonicera x purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’ – a wonderful AGM holding, white honeysuckle with prominent yellow anthers – blooms from December to March, H: 2m S: 2.5m; and Chimonanthus praecox, or Wintersweet, which offers small, spicy scented blooms from December through to April, H: 4m S: 2.5m.Prefer to be planted in moist, well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade, with chimonanthus preferring full sun. Hardy, deciduous shrubs that do not need winter protection throughout most of the UK.
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Key Information
| Included In this Collection | Chimonanthus praecox 9cm pot | Lonicera purpusii Winter Beauty 9cm pot | Hamamelis intermedia Diane 9cm pot |
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| Latin Name | Chimonanthus praecox 9cm pot | ||
| Common Name | Wintersweet, Japan all-spice | ||
| Hardiness | H5 (-10 to -15°C) | ||
| Colour | Red | ||
| Type | Shrub | ||
| Format | 9cm Pots | ||
| Position | Full-Sun | ||
| Foliage | Deciduous | ||
| Height in Maturity (m) | 4.00 | ||
| Spread in Maturity (m) | 2.50 | ||
| Soil Conditions | Chalk Clay Loam Sand | ||
| Soil Acidity | Acid Alkaline Neutral | ||
| Aspect | East-facing, South-facing | ||
| Scented | Yes | ||
| Good for pots | Yes | ||
| Good for cutting | Yes |
