BlueBell Arboretum & Nursery

Mail order trees, shrubs, conifers and woody climbers

Description

Mitraria coccinea thrives in many sheltered gardens and has large, bright orange-scarlet, tubular flowers throughout summer. A low spreading evergreen plant with dark green leaves, this can be grown as a standalone shrub or alternatively trained as a climbing wall plant.

Features

• Common name: Partridge Berry or Chilean Mitre Flower.
• Position: Sheltered in full sun or partial shade.
• Soil: Moist yet well drained, fertile soil.
• Hardiness: Not hardy. Mitraria coccinea requires protection from cold winter winds and frost in most gardens and usually grows better in southern parts of the U.K.
• Flowering Period: May - July.
• Flower Colour: Scarlet-orange
• Rate of Growth: Moderate.
• Habit: Medium sized, loosely branching shrub.
• Height: 1.5 m (5 ft).
• Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft).
• Notes: The recent mild winters have encouraged more adventurous gardeners to experiment with plants once regarded as only hardy in favoured gardens in Cornwall and we have a small plant growing outside in a sheltered part of our own gardens in Derbyshire.
• Size: 3L containers