Cupressus, Cordyline & Hebe – Container Middles Collection (Set of 3 or 6)

Three evergreen plants chosen to sit in the middle of a container and give it height, shape and colour all year.

The set holds Cupressus 'Wilma', an upright golden-green conifer with lemon scented foliage; Cordyline 'Red Star', whose narrow bronze-red leaves arch out in a spiky fountain; and a variegated Hebe, neat and rounded, which carries bee-friendly flowers in summer. Between them they give you an upright, a spiky and a rounded shape in three different colours, which is what makes a pot look considered rather than crowded. Use them as the centre of a patio pot or a planter and plant something lower around the edge.

All three want full sun and a free draining compost, and all three take coastal wind and salt. They are not all equally tough in a cold winter: the Cordyline and the Cupressus are both rated for an average British winter rather than a hard one, and both want a sheltered position, so move the pots against a wall or into a porch in a cold spell and do not leave them in a frost pocket. Golden and bronze foliage scorches in cold drying wind. Never cut the Cupressus back into bare old wood, because it will not regrow from it. Supplied as three or six established plants in 13cm pots.

Cultural Information

• Common Name: Container middles collection
• Fully Grown Height and Spread: 60 to 100cm tall by 30 to 60cm across, varying by plant
• Growth Habit: Upright and bushy
• Perfect For: Patio pots, planters, containers, window boxes, larger mixed arrangements
• Foliage: Evergreen. Golden-green on the Cupressus, bronze-red on the Cordyline, variegated on the Hebe
• Flowering Time: Summer, on the Hebe only
• Planting Position: Full sun, sheltered, and all three cope with coastal wind and salt. Grown in containers
• Soil Type: Free draining compost that never sits wet
• Hardiness: Fine in an average British winter but not reliably hardy in a hard one. The Cordyline and the Cupressus both want shelter and can be cut back by a heavy frost
• Maintenance: Low. Trim the Hebe after flowering and clip the Cupressus lightly, never into bare old wood
• Seasonal Interest: All year, from the evergreen foliage
• Type: Evergreen shrub collection

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