DISPORUM longistylum 'Night Heron'
Large
Part shade
Green
Reasonable soil
Spring
RHS Award of Garden Merit
100% Peat Free
Description
Disporum longistylum 'Night Heron'
Height x Spread: 120cm x 100cm
This elegant woodlander was introduced by the American plantsman Dan Hinkley. Tall, upright, branching bamboo like stems gently curve at their tops, bearing creamy-green to white hanging bell-shaped flowers at their tips in spring.
Best when grown in humus-rich soil in partial shade. The evergreen, purple bronze foliage of this plant and its beautiful architectural form would make it a worthy specimen plant to be grown in a container in a semi-shady location.
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