Daily details from the garden to bring you inspiration throughout the year
There are two or three varieties of the European, or bloodtwig dogwood Cornus sanguinea that pack a considerable punch in the garden on a soggy December day. And yesterday really was particularly soggy – wallowing up to our ankles in mud before the winter beds at Hadlow College, we couldn’t help but be impressed at the mass planting of ‘Magic Flame’ with its juvenile stems in fiery ombre shades of yellow, orange and red. I tend to use the very similar ‘Midwinter Fire’ (I’m pushed to find a difference, to be honest). For a vivid orange, the bright copper-toned ‘Anny’s Winter Orange’ is worth considering, albeit slightly shorter at 120cm to the others’ 180cm in height. Remember to cut back hard in spring, as the colour of older stems is less vivid.
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