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| A continuing trend toward sculptural foliage plants was seen at Flormart-Miflor, September 2006 edition. The elegant plum-purple mature leaves of Albizia julibrissin ‘Summer Chocolate’ contrast with the bright green young leaves and growing tips. The variety produces pink flowers and needs protection during cold periods. In Mediterranean gardens it could find the same important role of providing colour contrast similar to the success of the dark leaved Sambucus nigra ‘Black Beauty’ and ‘Black Lace’ in cooler climates. The new protected Albizia variety bred by Masato Yokoi, Japan, will be available from André Briant Jeunes Plants, France, starting in September 2007. E-mail: bretault@andre-briant.fr Herbaceous perennial Libertia ixiodes ‘Goldfinger’ offers a very interesting alternative form and colour for outdoor ground cover. It is s a new selection that produces elegant weeping variegated foliage green/yellow-gold. It flowers in the spring with a profusion of small star-shaped flowers held above the foliage followed by large attractive hips that turn yellow in the autumn. This hardy species is native to New Zealand and EU plant breeders’ rights have been applied for. Garbujo Giardini (Italian member of the Genesis group) www.garbujogiardini@tiscalinet.it Ananas ‘Xanda’ has a very attractive new colour combination (purplish-pink) on the typical rosette of spineless leaves www.floraholland.nl |
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