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In November, you can still add to your garden to create year round interest. There is still time to plant so roots can establish over winter. Here are our 5 favourites to plant now for creating a garden with year round interest and colour.
In November we recommend you plant:
Mahonia x media ‘Charity’
- Popular medium to large evergreen shrub
- Striking long drooping spikes of yellow flowers in late autumn
- Flowers followed by blue-black berries in winter
- Holly like glossy prickly foliage
- Tolerates most well drained soils and most positions in the garden
Prunus subhirtella Autumnalis
- This small deciduous tree is referred to as the Autumn Cherry
- Semi-double small white flowers throughout November to March
- Tolerates most soils and most positions but prefers full sun
- Ideal tree for the smaller garden
- Nice golden yellow tints to foliage in the autumn
Ilex aquifolium
- The Common Holly is an easy to grow evergreen shrub, small tree
- It is tolerant of most soils and most conditions
- It is equally at home managed as a hedge
- There are many varieties, often variegated bearing berries
- Very adaptable and good for decoration at Christmas time
Leucothoe fontanesiana Rainbow
- Small to medium evergreen shrub for lime free peaty soils
- Arching stems with cream, yellow and pink streaked foliage
- Foliage at its best during late autumn and early winter
- Small white pitcher shaped flowers appear in May
- Good low growing, ground covering shrub for shade areas
Cornus sanguinea
- Common native hedgerow Dogwood
- Greenish red flushed stems with brilliant purple autumn colour
- Black fruits produced in late autumn winter
- Best where planted with other coloured stem varieties
- Tolerates heavy wet soils and is best in full sun
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