{"product_id":"osmanthus-heterophyllus-purpureus","title":"Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Purpureus'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOsmanthus heterophyllus\u003c\/em\u003e 'Purpureus'\u003c\/strong\u003e is the purple false holly, a Victorian selection whose spring growth emerges a dramatic blackish purple and matures to glossy, deepest green, spined like holly but neater and denser. In September and October it quietly produces clusters of tiny white flowers with a sweet apricot-jasmine scent that carries far beyond the plant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness and seasons.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rated H5 by the RHS, hardy to around -15C, it is widely regarded as the toughest form of the species and needs no protection in most of the UK. Evergreen and slow, it builds to 2.5 to 4m over 10 to 20 years and takes clipping well.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the garden.\u003c\/strong\u003e Use it where you would use holly but want more refinement: a dense informal hedge or \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/screening-plants\"\u003eevergreen screen\u003c\/a\u003e, a clipped shape in a large \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/plants-for-pots\"\u003econtainer\u003c\/a\u003e, or structure at the back of an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/exotic-border-plants\"\u003eexotic border\u003c\/a\u003e, where the purple new growth reads as something far more exotic than it asks you to work for.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"17cm \/ 2L","offer_id":58942787912063,"sku":"OSMAHETPURP17","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/osmanthus.jpg?v=1793203180","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/osmanthus-heterophyllus-purpureus","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}