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Rumex sanguineus 'Bloodwort'

Rumex sanguineus 'Bloodwort'

plants and garden

Regular price £20.00 Sale

Attractive rosettes of green ovate leaves with bright red veins, this plant is mainly grown for it foliage. Remove the flower heads to maintain the red leaf veins. 

Colour - Red
Flowers - June to August
Growth - Medium

Depth - 0cm to 10cm
Height - 50cm - 70cm

Position - Full sun to part shade
UK Native - Yes

Remove dock type flower spike to retain leaf colour.  Remove damaged foliage when required to encourages new leaf growth in spring. Trim back in autumn to just above the water surface. 

9cm marginal plants require potting into a mesh basket.

1ltr marginal plants do not require repotting. However, plants over 60cm height growth will benefit from repotting into a larger mesh basket or should be planted in gravel to prevent them from falling over.

3ltr and 5ltr plants do not require repotting; there is no need to remove the mesh basket.

Please check our pots in Plant Care section for suitable Finofil baskets.

Please follow instructions that can be found on back side of the labels provided.

Your plants will be picked and packed carefully to ensure they arrive to your door alive and fresh. Please unpack orders as soon as possible.

During the "Available Season" we aim to deliver all orders between Tuesday and Friday. According to our stock availability orders might be placed on hold until plants are in a suitable condition to be sent or in case you have placed an order out of Available Season. We will keep you informed via email about a delivery date.

Our couriers will leave orders with a neighbour or in a cool shaded area if there is no one at the address provided.

Please note that we only ship to the UK.