Mahonia Soft Caress

The Country Life nursery is stocking one of the most talked-about plants for 2013. Announced as Plant of the Year at RHS Chelsea this week, mahonia soft caress is only available from a small number of outlets

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Mahonia Soft Caress

RHS PLANT OF THE YEAR 2013: Mahonia Soft Caress is now available from the Country Life Nursery

Graceful and soft-leaved, Mahonia Soft Caress is descended from the Narihira mahonias bred in Japan and was only released into the nursery trade late last year. Unlike the familiar stiff, bristly and sombre mahonias languishing in many a garden, Soft Caress is more suggestive of ferns, palms or bamboo, but is small enough for pot culture (described in COUNTRY LIFE, December 26, 2012). The COUNTRY LIFE Nursery is the only current stockist of the plant in the UK- to buy yours now, visit our dedicted nursery page for a discount on mahonia soft caress, or clik through the image above.

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