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Plant details
- Common Name: Honey bush
- Genus: Melianthus
- Species: major
- Skill Level: experienced
- Exposure: full sun
- Hardiness: tender
- Soil type: dry, moist, sandy, well-drained/light
- Height: 2.25m
- Spread: 2m
- Time to plant seeds: March to May
Formerly grown as a greenhouse and conservatory foliage plant, this attractive shrub is almost hardy in very mild gardens if planted in a warm sunny border and given a protective mulch in winter. Usually it is grown for ornamental bedding purposes, either as a taller highlight among flowering plants, or in large pots as a patio foliage plant. If kept as a perennial, it needs a minimum winter temperature of 4-7C (40-45F), and may be propagated by division and basal suckers, as well as summer cuttings. It is easy from seed, however, as a half-hardy annual. The Royal Horticultural Society has given it its prestigious Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
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Yeah, even I love it.
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simoncraigie rated and commented on this article
03 November 2009
5 out of 5
I think its great!
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