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Rootgrow 60g Sachet - Highly Recommended to Ensure your Plant(s) get the Best Possible Start
Product Summary
CONTAINS MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI - A naturally occuring organism, Mycorrhizal Fungi has been benefiting plants in our world for millions of years. Rootgrow is a granular feed that is commonly used to promote vigourous and robust growth, even in poor soils
GIVES NEW PLANTS THE BEST POSSIBLE START - Apply rootgrow by sprinking the appropriate amount into the planting hole, then place the plant in the hole ensuring the roots are touching the granules. Once applied your plants will begin to thrive better than before, improving plant establishment and subsequently bettering flowering and fruiting.
INCREASES UPTAKE OF WATER & NUTRIENTS - Plants treated with Rootgrow develop a secondary root system, with the express purpose of seeking out new sources of water and other key nutrients that are required to keep your plants happy and healthy.
REQUIRES A SINGLE APPLICATION - Rootgrow only needs to be applied once, a single treatment will generally last the entire lifespan of your plants.
RECOMMENDED ADD-ON - We highly recommend this product be purchased alongside any order for plants, to ensure that they get the best start in your garden.
Product Description
Rootgrow Mycorrhizal Fungi is an essential product that helps establish your plants, made with mycorrhizal fungi, a micro-organism with which trees have had a symbiotic relationship for millions of years. Once your plants are in the ground, it will develop a highly-active secondary root system, with the explicit purpose of exponentially increasing the uptake of water and nutrients, everything needed in order to allow your plants to flourish.
Water & Maintenance: Average watering required, low maintenance shrubs
Growth & Spread: Height 3m - 4m, Spread 2.5m - 4m
Flourishing Season: Flourishes in summer and winter, flowering in June - Sep
Characteristics: Evergreen shrub, dark green aromatic leaves, deep red flowers in clusters, year-round interest, hardy and bushy habit, suitable for hedging and screening
Pot Size (Supplied): 9cm
This Escallonia variety is a fantastic looking and vigorously growing evergreen shrub, with glossy dark green foliage and red blooms. Rubra Macrantha is a bushy shrub that is highly decorative and used in a sheltered border inland or can be used in coastal areas as hedging. Its handsome aromatic foliage is heart winning and the rosy-red flowers that bloom in summer, are simply majestic.
Escallonia Macrantha is native to South America, it is sure to add tropical or Mediterranean touch to your garden. It blooms deep red tubular flowers in abundance, that cloak the shrub from June through September. It has glossy leaves that are ovate and dark green, that create such a lush garden effect against its peeling brown bark. The foliage creates a beautiful contrast for the flowers and provides a year-round interest.
Macrantha is undoubtedly a hardy shrub. It can adapt to various soils but will thrive most in a fertile and moist soil that is well-drained. Plant it in full sun or light shade, it will perform without an excuse. Water it moderately, it can withstand a longer period of droughts when compared to other similar shrubs.
It is an easy to grow border shrub that may require some pruning to keep the vigorous growth in control. Trim lightly right after flowering before winter or in spring. When growing Macrantha inland, make sure you provide shelter to it from cold winds.
Escallonia Macrantha is a fast-growing shrub, excellent for use as a thick hedge or as a single garden specimen. It makes an ideal informal hedging plant.
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