{"product_id":"cornus-alba-nightfall","title":"Cornus alba Nightfall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCornus alba\u003c\/em\u003e Nightfall\u003c\/strong\u003e is a new dark-leaved dogwood that earns its place twice over. Through summer the foliage runs darker than any common dogwood, opening deep green and maturing to a rich plum purple that reads close to black by late season, with soft grey undersides that flicker in a breeze. After a fiery autumn turn, the falling leaves reveal upright red winter stems.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness and seasons.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cornus alba is among the toughest of all garden shrubs, rated H7 as a species and hardy below -20C; sellers list Nightfall itself at H6 to H7, so it is reliably hardy anywhere in the UK. Dark summer foliage, strong autumn colour and coloured winter stems give it genuine interest in every season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the garden.\u003c\/strong\u003e The near-black foliage is a superb foil for bright exotics, silver leaves and hot flowers in an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/exotic-border-plants\"\u003eexotic border\u003c\/a\u003e, and it holds its own in a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/plants-for-pots\"\u003elarge container\u003c\/a\u003e. Plant it near \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/cornus-alba-kesselringii\"\u003eCornus alba 'Kesselringii'\u003c\/a\u003e and the two trade places through the year: Nightfall dark in leaf, 'Kesselringii' black in stem.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"19cm \/ 3L","offer_id":58864161685887,"sku":"CORNALBANIGHFALL19","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/cornus-alba-nightfall-3.jpg?v=1792760910","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/cornus-alba-nightfall","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}