£9.00

A versatile, evergreen shrub with bright-golden, variegated leaves. These turn an attractive pinkish-red in cold weather, making the plant ideal for winter colour. Sometimes it produces a few small, inconspicuous greenish flowers. It makes an excellent specimen shrub, a low, informal hedge or a climber on walls.

Type

• Shrubs

Award of Garden Merit

Foliage: Evergreen

Hardiness: Hardy

Vigour: Medium growing

Uses

• Beds and borders
• Flower arranging
• Cottage style garden
• Slopes/banks
• Contemporary style garden
• Containers

Special features

• Low maintenance
• Evergreen
• Ground cover
• Winter interest

Care instructions

Grow in well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. Tip prune young plants in mid to late spring to encourage bushy growth. Remove any reverted green-leaved shoots as soon as they appear, cutting them back to the original branch.

Dimensions

Size: Small

Pot size: 2 litre

Eventual height: 100cm

Eventual spread: 150cm

Positions

• Light shade
• Sun
• Shade

Aspects

• South
• East
• West
• North

Soil types

• Sandy
• Normal
• Clay

Soil pH ranges

• Acid
• Neutral
• Alkaline

Special conditions

• Dry shade