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COLOURFUL CORNELIANS

Three new grafted cornelian cherries from Lubera offer year-round delight – the bright yellow flowers bloom from late February to March, giving bees and other insects a rich early source of nectar. The fruits, with their characteristic sweet and sour taste, are ready from the end of August, after which the leaves turn glorious shades of golden-yellow. ‘Elegant’ has large, dark red fruit, ‘Yellow Molalla’ has a milder flavour and ‘Coral Blaze’

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