Calluna vulgaris 'Elsie Purnell' Web Specials

Calluna vulgaris 'Elsie Purnell' Web SpecialsOne of the showiest of all Scotch heathers. The fully double pale cotton candy pink flowers are formed on long spikes, from darker buds. The plant has silvery green foliage and forms a low, flat mat up to 12 inches tall and 2 ft wide. Flowering starts in August and continues through September. The foliage turns bronze green in winter. Hardy to zone 5.

a little over one thousand trees had survived for millennia in a region that ironically is not even Metasequoia’s ideal environment

Don Wallace of Singing Tree Gardens was given seed from Jim Barlup

The plant is tidy

the tree will be 8 ft

Growing 6" - 12" per year

The soft texture is also pleasing

is another plus

The tree enjoys a thick layer of mulch and will flower more heavily the following year if fertilized just after the flowers are finished

One of the best of the dissected cultivars

The plant is a hybrid out of R

growing to only 12" tall and 16"-20" wide in 10 years

This sport found on Chamaecyparis pisifera `Baby Blue'  has darker blue foliage that looks icy