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    RUSCUS
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    RUSCUS

    Genus of 6 species of rhizomatous, evergreen subshrubs from woodland in Madeira and the Azores, through Europe and North Africa to Iran.

    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes - Click to close
    • Place of origin
      Madeira and the Azores, throughout Europe and northern Africa to Iran
    • Resistant to honey fungus
      These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
    • Evergreen
    • Bulb/Corm or rhizomatous perennial
      rhizomatous subshrub
    • Dwarf shrub
      Typically only grows to a maximum of one or two feet in height but there will be some exceptions.
    • harmful if eaten
    • Rabbit Resistant
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    Varieties
    RUSCUS aculeatus
    Butcher's broom
    thick clump-forming small shrub with red berries. Mixed sex plants only available.
     
    1 to 1.5 Litre
    £21.00

    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.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
    Unavailable
    2.5 kg
    £13.00
    Unavailable
    4.5 kg
    £25.00
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Blood, Fish & Bone
    Improves vegetable, fruit and flower quality. Blood, Fish and Bone contains three major nutrients essential for strong and healthy growth.
    1.5 kg
    £6.50
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Wildflower Mini Meadow
    Creates a mini-meadow for attracting bees, butterflies and bugs to your garden. 200g sachet which will cover 3 square metres. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi.
    3m²
    £7.00
    10m²
    £15.50
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