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    March plants

    Mar 01, 2022 5 minutes
    WORDS TOM COWARD

    Tom Coward is head gardener at Gravetye Manor in East Sussex gravetyemanor.co.uk

    STACHYURUS PRAECOX

    Stachyurus is the only genus in its family, Stachyuraceae, and is made up of just ten species. All are unusual, elegant shrubs from East Asia, but only three species are suitable for temperate gardens, and of those this is probably the most attractive and vigorous. Praecox, a Latin term meaning early, refers to its flowering season, which in a mild year starts in February. Long racemes of soft-yellow flowers make a translucent haze, which is most effective if you can plant several shrubs close together in a drift. Its autumn colour is also good. AGM*.

    Height and spread 3.5m x 2.5m.

    Origin Japan.

    Conditions Versatile in most situations on an acid

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