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Redvein enkianthus
Enkianthus campanulatus (Miq.) G.Nicholson
Also known as: Pagoda bush
Family: Ericaceae
2 to 4 m tall
Ericaceous beds, acid, cool soil, alongside rhododendrons and azaleas
Flowering: April – May
Part shade
Hardy to about -20°C
❓ How do you recognise this plant?
Its delicate pink-veined bells in spring are followed, in autumn, by one of the reddest foliage displays in the ericaceous garden — a rare double show in a single shrub.
🍃 Leaves
Deciduous, ovate, clustered at the ends of the shoots, turning a remarkable scarlet-red in autumn
🌸 Flowers
Pendent bells, cream veined with pink or red, grouped in small racemes
🍎 Fruits
Small upright capsules when ripe, brown
🪵 Bark
Grey, characteristic tiered branching
🗺️ Distribution
Native to Japan; introduced to Europe as an ericaceous-bed shrub
🐝 Value for pollinators
Nectar-rich spring flowers visited by bees
✂️ Horticultural uses
Planted in ericaceous beds for its double season of interest: spring flowering and scarlet autumn foliage
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