Flannel Bush Fremontodendron 'California Glory'
- Dramatic, golden-yellow blooms up to 6cm (2½in) across, making a striking contrast against the 3-lobed, thick, flannel-like leaves.
- A large, robust and evergreen shrub, ideal to grow against a sunny wall where it can be trained and tied into a trellis or frame on the wall.
- Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer.
- Very easy to grow and one of the hardier varieties, Californian Glory is happy to grow in most soils, including poor soil.
- Supplied as an established plant in a 3L Pot, grows to 8m x 4m and flowers May to September.
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Flowering from late spring to early autumn, the dramatic golden-yellow blooms are composed of five bracts rather than petals and can grow up to 6cm (2½in) across, making a striking contrast against the 3-lobed, thick, flannel-like leaves.
The glorious lemon-yellow flowers have a slight reddish tinge to the centre and fade to pale orange as they mature. They're freely produced too making a superb specimen plant for any garden.
In UK gardens Fremontodendron is normally treated as a climber and this large, robust and evergreen shrub is ideal to grow against a sunny wall where it can be trained and tied into a trellis or frame on the wall as it does not climb naturally.
As fremontodenron grows upwards, it's perfect to maximise the use of available space, so it's a useful shrub to take your garden skywards.
Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience.
Very easy to grow and one of the hardier varieties, Californian Glory is happy to grow in most soils, including poor soil. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come.
Supplied as an established plant in a 3L Pot, grows to 8m x 4m and flowers May to September.
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Top Tips
- For best results, plant in full sun where it can bake its roots in the sun.
- When new growth appears, it is characteristically very hairy, and caution should be taken when handling the leaves and other parts of the plant.
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Planting Advice for Fremontodendron 'California Glory':
- When planting, position the plant away from the wall or fence and angle it towards it.
- Dig a planting hole 3 x wider than the root ball and mix some well-rotted compost or manure with the soil from the hole and use this to re-fill one the shrub is in place.
- Before planting soak container-grown shrubs thoroughly and allow to drain.
- Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots.
- Add Mycorrhizal fungi to the roots when planting to help plants establish quicker.
- Place your shrub in the hole at the same level at the pot then refill the hole with the earth removed (backfilling).
- Firm in the soil with your heel, avoiding the root ball and water well.
- Mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc
Aftercare Advice for flannel bush 'California Glory':
- If growing as a bush, it will need staking as the branches grow freely and it can become top heavy.
Pruning Advice for Fremontodendron flannel bush:
- Very tolerant of pruning so can be kept to whatever shape you like,
- If you are growing your plant against a wall, trimming it back in early autumn will encourage it to keep its shape and produce new growth which will bear flowers.
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