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    TAMARIX
    TAMARIX
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    TAMARIX

    Commonly known as Tamarisk

    The feathery, billowy, pink or white shrub of the coastal strip.

    Genus of 54 species of deciduous shrubs and small trees from coastal sites and dry or marshy, often salt-rich areas inland from western Europe and the Mediterranean to eastern Asia and India.

    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes
    • Good to know
      Grown for their feathery foliage and attractive plumes of flowers. Excellent for coastal planting where they may be used as windbreaks. Should be pruned regularly to avoid their becoming top heavy and unstable.
    • Place of origin
      Western Europe, Mediterranean, eastern Asia, India
    • Resistant to honey fungus
      These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
    • Deciduous
    • Coastal / windswept
    • Tall Shrub
    • Tree
      Small tree
    View Planting Tips and Care Advice

    Varieties
    TAMARIX ramosissima 'Hulsdonk White'
    A little known Dutch variety with white rather than pink flowers
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £17.50
    Notify me
    Available again from NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2025
    Despatch will be anytime during November or December as stock becomes available. Bareroot hedging and roses can be delayed by unfavourable weather conditions.
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    TAMARIX tetrandra
    Pale pink flowers earlier in the year than ramosissima
     
    2 to 3 Litre
    £17.50

    Useful extras...

    Vermin & Pest Control
    SB Plant Invigorator
    This is a non-biological non-chemical plant insecticide and mildewcide. Works against the physical motion of the insect. Perfect for all plants and edible crops.
    500 ml
    £8.00
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi
    Recommended by the RHS. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi. Suitable for all trees and shrubs (except rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, cranberries and blueberries)
    Small - 60g sachet
    £3.00
    Medium - 150gm sachet
    £6.00
    Large - 360gram sachet
    £12.00
    Unavailable
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Afterplant - Grow Your Own
    AFTER PLANT GROW YOUR OWN seaweed is ready to use liquid concentrate that was specially formulated be used on all edible plants.
    1ltr
    £8.50
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