Pot Size: 4 litre Price: £45.00 Description: From our joint expedition with Moscow BG to Georgia in 2017, hosted by Batumi BG, who were intrigued by our interest in Ruscus. They were delighted to show us where to find R. colchicus, a species that is protected there and can only be collected under licence. Here it formed dense thickets of evergreen rhizomatous sub-shrub, with only slightly arching stems to 60-90cm tall. Bearing broadly to narrowly ovate or elliptic leaf-like cladodes (flattened stems), which carry the inflorescence below on the central vein subtended by a tiny bract. The small intriguing winter born flowers are followed by plump red fruit on female plants if pollinated. Best grown in shade in a humus rich soil.
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