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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.
Characteristics: Tall evergreen shrub, variegated dark green leaves, red berries in autumn, upright habit, suitable as hedges and in borders
Growth & Spread: Height 3m - 4m, Spread 1.5m - 2m
Flourishing Season: Flourishes throughout the year, flowering in May - June, fruits in autumn
Water & Maintenance: Average watering required, low maintenance shrubs
Ilex Argentea Marginata is a medium-sized tall evergreen shrub with broad-leaved bushy habit, suitable for hedges and borders. Also known as the Silver-Margined Holly, this bushy shrub makes an excellent and handsome evergreen specimen tree that takes conical or pyramidal shape as it matures. Its variegated dark-green leaves and showy red fruits provide year-round interest. This Holly is a highly decorative plant that can brighten up shady corners.
It produces spiny and lustrous, dark-green leaves decorated with cream-silver edges. The leaves are tinged in pink when they emerge as young. In spring, small female white flowers are borne that are inconspicuous. In the presence of a male plant nearby, Silver-Margined Holly will produce masses of bright red berries in autumn that will persist into winter.
Ilex Silver-Margined Holly is an easy to grow shrub that requires low maintenance. Plant it in a moist and fertile soil that is well-drained. It prefers sunny position although it will perform well even in partial shade. Variegated Marginata performs its best in full sunlight.
It is important to have a male holly in the vicinity of Holly to produce berries. This plant can tolerate pruning very well although it requires only a little pruning, only to make great shapes for hedging. Simply remove any damaged branches in spring or summer. Trim the plant will help in keeping its shape compact.
Since Silver-Margined Holly is tolerant of urban pollution and coastal winds, it is suitable for city gardens and coastal garden. Its leaves are ideal for floral arrangements. It is widely used as a popular hedging and border plant that is tall, bushy and is evergreen throughout the year.
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