paniculata ‘Big Ben’
Synonyms: None found
Origins: Developed in 1990 by Pieter Zwijnenburg at Boskoop Nursery in the Netherlands
Awards: RHS Award of Garden Merit in 2008
Height & Width: 2.2m x 1.5m

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A very upright tall cultivar with reddish young stems.  The upright panicles open latter than most, and are thin and pointed and up to 30 cm long.  The sterile flowers give 20% cover of the panicles, opening white, then turning to pink then red from the base upward..  At the RHS European Trials at the Wisley, the comments included: outstanding; very free flowering; attractive red stems; flowers mature to a good pink; flower spikes with leaves in-between the florets.

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