Mauve buds open to white flowers with a pale yellow eye in early May. With delicate small flowers, it is a very tough dense plant which is good for screening and difficult positions. Height 140-160cm in 10 years.
It certainly ranks as one of our favourites for dense hedging and screening. If you have a difficult position this tough plant will perform well.
Plant with plenty of good ericaceous compost to aid establishment.
- Recommended for: Hedging/screening.
- Easy to grow.
- Ideal position: Most garden situations.
- Habit: Dense.
- Group: Hardy Hybrid.
- Parentage: caucasicum (s) X white flowered ponticum.
- Hybridization date: pre 1900 (1830).
- Tolerant of neutral soil.
- Ideal soil: pH 4 to 7.5.