Origin: Spain, Portugal. Evergreen
shrub with open, spreading habit
and young branches that are red. If
it is planted as a freestanding
specimen it becomes an impressive
tree with round crown and
branches that hang down to the
ground. Very decorative as a half
standard and standard trees.
Leaves borne on red stalks, ovate
and pointed, 6-14cm long, 4-6cm
wide, very dark, glossy green with
toothed margins. In May flowers in
upright racemes at the end of the previous year’s growth, 15-25cm long, white with a
fragrance similar to hawthorn. Dark purple fruit in 10cm long bunches follows the
flowers. Grows well in all types of normal garden soil and tolerates calcareous soil.
Withstands light pruning. Use: as a freestanding specimen, in groups, for hedges and
screens.
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