Kohuhu

Wavy-margined, bronze-purple leaves and dramatic,dark grey or black young stems. This compact, rounded evergreen shrub is perfect for providing all-year foliage interest in a sunny, well-drained mixed border. While it sometimes produces honey-scented, dark-purple flowers in late spring and early summer, it's not a reliable flowerer. Protect from cold, drying winds.Position: full sunSoil: fertile, moist, well-drained soilRate of growth: averageFlowering period: May and JuneFlower colour: dark purple (sometimes)Other features: grey-black seed capsules (sometimes)Hardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection)Garden care: Requires minimal pruning. To thin or reduce growth prune mid-spring and apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted garden compost or manure around the base of the plantGoes well with: Griselina littoralis, Trachycarpus fortunei, Trachelospermum jasminoides, Fargesia 'murialae, Hemerocallis 'Stella D'Oro', Canna indica
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