Available sizes: From2m to 8m tall (and everything in-between)
Root type: Available as containerised and / or rootballed depending on time of year
Lead time: 10 working days
Price: Contact our sales team at [email protected] for our best prices and availability.

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Position: Full sun. Will stand some exposure
Soil: Any well drained but moist soil, acid or alkaline
Rate of growth: Around 20cm per year
Height: 12m
Spread: 4m
Flowers: Small red flowers in late winter
Fruit: Spiked seed capsules form in spring -summer

This useful Dutch selection of Parrotia persica forms a fairly small and more upright-growing tree than usual Parrotia persica. It is a deciduous tree grown chiefly for its dramatic autumn foliage colours which last long into early winter, although it is attractive year-round. In spring, the broad, oval foliage emerges bronze-tinted from quite glossy red new shoots before turning rich green. Mature plants develop flaking silver-grey bark. In autumn, the leaves of this Persian ironwood turn to shades of purple, orange and red in a superb display before falling. In late winter, plants also bear small, brush-like, petal-less dark-red flowers. Parrotia persica ‘Vanessa ‘ holds an Award of Garden Merit (AGM) from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) which is given only to the best garden plants.

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