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EvergreenNarrowly elliptic to lance-shaped, deeply toothed, leathery, glossy, dark-green leaves 7-11cm (3-4½in) long.
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Height1.5m (5ft) -
Spread2m (6ft)
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Medium shrubTypically grow to around 4-6 feet in heightBushy, spreading shrub. Produces flowers to 1.5cm (½in) across in loose clusters to 8cm (3in) long.
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Will grow outside in milder locationsThis could include plants which would survive happily in a greenhouse or conservatory if not in a mild location. If you have a sheltered spot in your garden then it may do well here.Loam based compost, full light, in greenhouse. -
Full sunShelter from cold, drying winds.
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Additional Features
Good to knowIntroduced into UK by Robert Fortune, Scottish plant hunter, 1847.
Pests & DiseasesNone
Place of originChinaResistant to honey fungusThese plants have little or few problems with honey fungus. -
HardinessFrost hardy (down to -5)
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Scented PlantsScented flowers
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Soil ConditionsFertile moist well-drained soil
Rhaphiolepis - Growing Guide
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1.5m (5ft)
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2m (6ft) |
Buy Varieties of RHAPHIOLEPIS
RHAPHIOLEPIS delacourii 'Coates Crimson'
rose-crimson flowers
Gift-wrapping available
£16.50 each
RHAPHIOLEPIS indica 'Spring Time'
Indian hawthorn
apple-blossom pink flowers on a shrub with a dense rounded habit
Gift-wrapping available
RHAPHIOLEPIS umbellata
white flowers sometimes tinted rose-pink and thick oval glossy leaves
Gift-wrapping available
£16.50 each
Useful extras...
Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
3 options from £6.00
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)
2 options from £6.00
Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
All-purpose Seaweed Stimulant
All-purpose organic concentrated seaweed feed that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants, except acid loving plants.
Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™.
Only £7.50
