New products at Blooming Direct
by John - October 3rd, 2014.Filed under: Blooming Direct, New Products.
New products at Blooming Direct
Cercis Forest Pansy 2L £14.99
Ok, so we gave in to Martin to put this on the website, as it is one of his all time favourite small trees, as it has amazing Summer purple foliage, gorgeous pink flowers that appear before any leaves, and yet is slow-growing and easy to manage.
Cercis are slow to get going in Spring, awaking from Winter slumber with small pink flower borne directly on the main stems and branches of the tree, before any leaves emerge. Suddenly, as it warms up in April, the tree is covered in the most gorgeous heart-shaped burgundy purple leaves.
They colour up even darker in full sun, perhaps being more reddish in any shade. In late Autumn, they turn red to orange to green before falling late in the season.
A great all-rounder, easy to manage small tree – make sure you move quickly, as we do only have a batch of 100 plants.
Acer negundo Flamingo £9.99
If you are looking for a distinctive and memorable small tree for your garden, then look no further than Acer ‘Flamingo’.
This stunning selection of Box Elder was made because of the gorgeous pink tinged new growth that appears in Spring, which fades away to a lovely creamy white leaf margin, leaving a gorgeous soft and subtle variegation on the tree. In Autumn, it produces a glowing yellow display before the leaves fall.
Fairly quick growing as a tree, it can reach 5M in 10 years or so, making it an ideal lawn specimen or feature tree for Spring, Summer and Autumn interest in smaller gardens. or it can be pruned each Spring and kept smaller to about 2.5M if space does not permit. It produces better pink colouration in Spring if it has been cut back hard.
A great garden tree for creating shade, looking great all season when in leaf and for screening too.