Acer 'Brilliantissimum'

Acer 'Brilliantissimum'Acer 'Brilliantissimum' is ideal for a smaller garden, growing into a lolly pop spreading form with a height and spread of around 3 4m in a 2 year period. It makes a striking feature tree with its distinctive changing pallet of foliage colours. In spring, the new leaves are tinted a glorious salmon pink shade. They slowly mature to bronzed yellow and then deepen into green with a yellow marbling effect in the summer. Spring also sees the blossoming of

providing floral interest just as other plants are beginning to fade for the season

The green spears have an excellent flavour

Lavatera is a striking addition to any outdoor space

The broad flower clusters form in a lacecap and are composed of groupings of florets which vary from being only large and decorative on the exterior of the bunch to fertile and small in the more central area

Some have edible fruit in autumn

It is generally hardy but requires excellent drainage to survive wet winters

As they mature

strong stems which carry trumpet-shaped pure white flowers throughout the Summer months

A gorgeous shade of orange fills the flower to make it an eye-catching feature to plant

Summer brings clusters of aromatic pink and white flowers followed by small

Milky sap resides inside the stems so be sure to singe the bottom for prolonged flowering and to prevent leaking into the water

this tree produces clusters of yellow flowers in Spring