£69.00

A beautiful, small tree often called 'wedding cake tree', because of its distinctive, horizontal, tiered habit resembling a wedding cake. It has bright green leaves with bold, creamy-white margins which turn rich red and purple in autumn. White clusters of flowers up to 18cm across are borne in early summer followed by round, blue-black fruit. It tolerates dappled shade but will perform best in fertile, moisture-retentive soil in full sun. Caution: Berries may be harmful if eaten.

Type

• Shrubs

Award of Garden Merit

Foliage: Deciduous

Hardiness: Hardy

Vigour: Medium growing

Uses

• Beds and borders
• Cottage style garden
• Specimen

Special features

• Low maintenance
• Architectural
• Berries

Care instructions

Grow in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in full sun. Will tolerate partial shade. When planting incorporate plenty of well-rotted garden compost to improve the soil quality. Do not prune since this would interfere with its graceful, tiered habit.

Dimensions

Size: Large

Pot size: 15 litre

Eventual height: 800cm

Eventual spread: 800cm

Positions

• Light shade
• Sun

Aspects

• South
• East
• West

Soil types

• Sandy
• Normal
• Clay

Soil pH ranges

• Acid
• Neutral