{"product_id":"pseudowintera-colorata-marjorie-congreve","title":"Pseudowintera colorata 'Marjorie Congreve'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePseudowintera colorata 'Marjorie Congreve'\u003c\/strong\u003e is the finest form of \u003cstrong\u003ehoropito\u003c\/strong\u003e, New Zealand's pepper tree, and a plant with one of the deepest back-stories in any garden: its family, Winteraceae, sits close to the very origin of flowering plants. The pale khaki leaves are flushed and edged blood-red, blotched crimson and purple, and the colour intensifies with light and cold until winter plants seem lit from within.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is slow, dense and H4 hardy from its mountain-forest home, and it carries a secret: the leaves are a genuine culinary spice, with a slow, hot, peppery burn that Maori and New Zealand chefs prize. Beautiful, ancient, hardy and edible is quite a combination for a 1.5 m shrub.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow and where to grow\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePosition:\u003c\/strong\u003e dappled shade to gentle sun, sheltered from freezing winds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e moist but well-drained, acid to neutral, humus-rich; no lime.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e slowly to around 1-1.5 m.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness:\u003c\/strong\u003e H4, around -10C; colour deepens in cold.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow it at the woodland edge among ferns and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/plants-for-shade\"\u003eplants for shade\u003c\/a\u003e, beside its compatriots \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pseudopanax-cyril-watson\"\u003ePseudopanax 'Cyril Watson'\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/muehlenbeckia-astonii\"\u003eMuehlenbeckia astonii\u003c\/a\u003e on the NZ shelf of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hardy-exotics\"\u003ehardy exotics\u003c\/a\u003e, or in an ericaceous pot with our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/plants-for-pots\"\u003eplants for pots\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNursery-grown, well-coloured plants. Winter honesty in our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/hardy-exotics-what-to-expect\"\u003eseasonal expectations guide\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"9cm \/ 0.5L","offer_id":58369998946687,"sku":"PSEUWINT9","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/pseudowintera.jpg?v=1789653406","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/pseudowintera-colorata-marjorie-congreve","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}