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FRAGRANT SHRUBS

A perfumed garden is one of the great joys of spring time. These wonderful selections bred by renowned New Zealand plantsman Mark Jury will fill your spring spaces with enchanting flowers and intoxicati­ng fragrance.

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For easy care planting

Considered the ‘holy grail’ of fragrant shrubs, Daphne Perfume Princess™ is a spring essential, ideally planted close to seating, entrance ways and pathways where its charms can be enjoyed up close.

Award winning Perfume Princess™ is the earliest and longest flowering of all Daphnes, producing an exceptiona­l perfume, with citrus undertones. The large, blush pink to white flowers open progressiv­ely along the stems, extending the bloom time. The shrub itself is an excellent performer with healthy green leaves and an upright, slightly spreading growth habit.

Another of Mark Jury’s progeny, the Fairy Magnolias® (Michelia hybrids) have gained a huge following for their tidy growth habit and exceptiona­l volume of fragrant bloom, producing one or two flower buds on every leaf axil. Fairy Magnolias® are quick to establish after planting, which makes these beauties a top choice for flowering hedges. They also make a magnificen­t small garden tree or container specimen. As evergreens with very attractive foliage, they look lovely all year-round, even when not in bloom.

Fragrant from early spring, Fairy Magnolia® Blush which sports loads of beautiful blush pink flowers was the first Fairy Magnolia introduced. Now we also have Fairy Magnolia® White and Fairy Magnolia® Cream. Growing up to around 3 metres tall, all respond well to trimming as hedges or topiary trees. Untrimmed they form a beautiful and very effective privacy screen.

Daphne Perfume Princess™ and Fairy Magnolias® are brought to you by internatio­nal plant marketers ATI (Anthony Tesselaar Internatio­nal). Best known for the renowned Flower Carpet Rose® series, ATI pride themselves on bringing the most carefully selected, easily grown and thoroughly trialled plants to market. A visit to www.tesselaar.com will reveal the gems in the Tesselaar selection, including these fragrant superstars of spring!

 ??  ?? RIGHT: Fairy Magnolia ‘Cream’ makes a magnificen­t fragrant hedge.
RIGHT: Fairy Magnolia ‘Cream’ makes a magnificen­t fragrant hedge.
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Fairy Magnolia ‘Blush'
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Fairy Magnolia ‘Cream'
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Fairy Magnolia ‘White'

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