A young orange-red foliage, greeny-yellow in summer, with an intense growth of dark pink flowers
In spring, Merlo® Star's foliage is remarkably intense, combining young orange-red shoots and little golden-yellow leaves. In summer the leaves turn a bright greeny-yellow. Its habit is very compact and round. In June, Merlo® Star is covered with a multitude of little dark pink flowers. Removing the first faded corymbs will help re-flowering. Resistant to powdery mildew, this new spirea will mix wonderfully in beds with other shrubs or colourfully-leaved perennials.
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Seductive caramel-orange foliage growing in the form of an inviting cushionThe Spiraea japonica Zen'Spirit® Caramel is a small bush with a compact habit that forms dense, rounded cushions. This new variety is notable for its young caramel-orange foliage that persists for several weeks in spring before turning green. Pruning will encourage a repeat performance. In autumn the foliage develops beautiful red tints. Its flowering is typical of Japanese Spiraea: in summer the bouquets of flowers in purple-pink corymbs emerge above the foliage. Once well-established, it tolerates brief periods of drought and a little lime. Zen'Spirit® Caramel is an easy plant that requires limited attention. It grows to a limited height (40 to 60 cms). Its restrained development makes it ideal for rockeries, flowerbed borders, terraces, low hedges or tubs.
A delightful small cushion of golden yellow foliageThe Spiraea japonica Zen'Spirit® Gold is a shrub of limited development and highly compact habit. In spring, its foliage is a beautiful luminous gold that persists throughout the summer. Freely branching with a delicate wood, this Spiraea forms a dense and colourful, spreading cushion. The flowers are very discrete. It's a plant that's appreciated above all for its foliage and its decorative form adapted to small spaces, borders or pots.
Compact with many fruits, a snowberry with deep pink berries.
This cultivation has all the characteristics of the snowberry of the MAGICAL® range. Candy has deep pink berries. MAGICAL®, Candy, Galxy and Sweet, distributed by SAPHO, are very attractive shrubs, thanks to their abundance of decorative flowers at the end of the season. These varieties can be associated with evergreens and other flowering shrubs, in mixed hedges or shrub borders. In pots, they brighten up entrances, balconies or terraces from August onwards, until the first frosts.
Trophies:
Silver medal at Plantarium 2007 (Booskop - NETHERLANDS)
Compact and very fruit-bearing, a snowberry with white berries.
This cultivation has all the characteristics of the snowberry of the MAGICAL® range. Galaxy has white berries. MAGICAL®, Candy, Galxy and Sweet, distributed by SAPHO, are very attractive shrubs, thanks to their abundance of decorative flowers at the end of the season. These varieties can be associated with evergreens and other flowering shrubs, in mixed hedges or shrub borders. In pots, they brighten up entrances, balconies or terraces from August onwards, until the first frosts.
Trophies:
Silver medal at Plantarium 2007 (Booskop - NETHERLANDS)
Compact and very fruit-bearing, a symphony of pink berries.
This cultivation has all the characteristics of the snowberry of the MAGICAL® range. Sweet offers a profusion of big pink to violet berries. MAGICAL®, Candy, Galxy and Sweet, distributed by SAPHO, are very attractive shrubs, thanks to their abundance of decorative flowers at the end of the season. These varieties can be associated with evergreens and other flowering shrubs, in mixed hedges or shrub borders. In pots, they brighten up entrances, balconies or terraces from August onwards, until the first frosts.
Trophies:
Bronze medal at Plantarium 2007 (Booskop - NETHERLANDS)
Compact and floriferous, the snowberry with the deepest pink berries
This selection has all the characteristics of snowberries in the MAGICAL range.
While persistantly shiny, the berries of the Temptation variety are a deep pink, the darkest of the range.
MAGICAL® Temptation, Candy, Galaxy and Sweet, distributed by SAPHO, are very attractive bushes due to their abundant decorative fruit at the end of the season.
The hardy snowberry Magical® Temptation will adapt to all soil types and can be planted in low mixed hedges, singly in boxes or on terraces.
Variegated, even in sunlight.'Brigela' is the weigela with variegated green foliage, edged in creamy yellow, which keeps its qualities all summer long, even in full sun.This shrub with deciduous foliage is very vigorous, and upright. It reaches a height of 2.00 to 3.00 m and a similar spread.The dark red flowers in May - June on last year's branches are abundant.Due to its variegated foliage and its remarkable flowers, 'Brigela' is ideal in beds or open hedges, together with evergreens.
Small shrub with surprising contrasts: white flowers on dark foliage.This new variety, resulting from crossbreeding carried out by INRAE in Angers, is valued for its compact and dwarf form and for the contrast between its dark foliage and white flowers. BLACK AND WHITE® is the first Weigela variety with these remarkable characteristics.Of medium growth with very short internodes, this shrub stays within small dimensions.The deciduous dark green leaves gradually develop a pretty purple colouring through the seasons.In May - June, the ends of the branches are covered in bouquets of pure white trumpet- shaped flowers with a very attractive tapered purple-red base, a delicate reminder of the colour of the young leaves.BLACK AND WHITE® should be planted in pots or in small borders, together with perennials and low shrubs. It prefers a sunny position, but tolerates light shade.Trophies: Bronze Medal at PLANTARIUM 2009 (Boskoop - NETHERLANDS)
Spectacular contrast in May.'Alexandra' has beautiful deciduous dark purple foliage; it is the most purple among all the varieties of Weigela known to this day.This new variety is medium-sized and its form upright.'Alexandra' is very floriferous in May. The flowers are dark pink, contrasting with the very purple foliage.A cultivation to use in mixed hedges because of its decorative spring flowering and its purple coloured leaves until autumn.
A rainbow in the garden.The "rainbow" foliage is very original: green with a wide yellow border turning dark pink during the summer. The relatively wide leaves keep their variegation throughout the growing season thus contrasting with the red wood; they do not burn in the sun.It's shape is compact and well branched, its growth average.The trumpet shaped pale pink flowers are abundant in May - June. They are sterile so don't produce any seed or fruit.This cultivation is particularly interesting from spring to autumn, thanks to its attractive foliage and its moderate dimensions are an asset for small areas.Trophies: Silver medal at Plantarium 2007 (Booskop - NETHERLANDS)
Ideal for small spaces.
NAIN ROUGE® is very original due to its truly compact shape: it grows into a round bush, 0.80 to 1 m high and wide. The foliage is elongated and wavy and is very attractive in autumn when it turns bright red.The flowers in May - June are bright red and have prominent marks and white stamens, which contrast well with the colour of the petals.Its small dimensions are an asset: grown in pots, rockeries as bed edging plants... in small gardens, but also in large groups as ground cover in public gardens.