{"product_id":"zanthoxylum-piperitum","title":"Zanthoxylum piperitum","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eZanthoxylum piperitum\u003c\/em\u003e, the Japanese pepper or sansho, is the aromatic shrub whose fruit husks give the sansho spice, supplied here as a thornless female plant.\u003c\/strong\u003e Glossy, dark green pinnate leaves turn yellow in autumn, and female plants carry small red fruits that split open to show glossy black seeds. Leaves, bark and fruit are all aromatic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is very hardy, rated RHS H6 and down to about -20°C, and needs no winter protection in most of the UK once established. Small yellow-green flowers appear in early summer, and as a deciduous shrub it stands bare through winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGive it sun or light shade and soil that drains well, and it settles into a bushy shrub of around 2.5m. It earns a place among other \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/hardy-exotic-shrubs\"\u003ehardy exotic shrubs\u003c\/a\u003e and is a natural pick for an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/exotic-edibles\"\u003eedible exotic garden\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat you receive: a young female plant in a 17cm \/ 2L pot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"17cm \/ 2L","offer_id":58819709960575,"sku":"ZANTPIPE17","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/zanthoxylum-piperitum.jpg?v=1792615202","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/zanthoxylum-piperitum","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}