Parrotia subaequalis

Very rare in its wild Chinese homeland and relatively new to cultivation in the West, with its UK retail launch here at PGP in 2011. This species makes an upright tree 4-10m tall in the wild, with foliage that turns from green with purple margins to wine-red, then orange and finally orange-red in autumn; usually far more vivid than its cousin the Persian Ironwood. The bark is superior too being green, beige and black and peeling off to white-green. Completely hardy in the UK and suited to any reasonable soil in sun or semi-shade.

£55.00