Itea ilicifolia Height 150 to 200 cm bronze-purple stems and foliage (sometimes

bronze-purple stems and foliage (sometimes tinted green when young)

Actaea simplex (Atropurpurea Group) 'Brunette' is known for its upright

Goes well with: Ferns (Dryopteris

never fails to cover itself with long

dog's-tooth violet and adder's tongue

Itea ilicifolia Height 150 to 200 cm bronze-purple stems and foliage (sometimesAbout this cultivar: Itea ilicifolia, with us, never fails to cover itself with long, greenish white catkins each summer and autumn. The evergeen leaves are great too. In fact the specific epithet means holly leaved (ilicifolia from Ilex folium) so unsurprisingly the leaves are dark glossy green all year round. The flowers are produced in abundance in narrow, pendulous, catkin like racemes, up to 30 cm long. They are tiny and densely packed; greenish