paniculata ‘Unique’
Synonyms: None found
Origins: Jelena and Robert de Belder at Arboretum Kalmthout, Belgium in 1986
Awards: RHS Award of Garden Merit in 1992 and 1993.
Height & Width: 2.2m x 2m

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Unique is a large shrub which will grow to 3m. The flower heads of ‘Unique’ can reach 30cm long by 20cm wide with a mix of small fertile florets mostly hidden by the large sterile flowers that are  made up of very showy sepals which can grow to 5cm across.  Flower  slightly later than most.

Our plant was purchased at Hillier’s Arboretum in 1984. Hillier’s is believed to have the original form which is now sometimes known at ‘True Unique’.

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