Paeonia lactiflora 'Alertie' Location:GTN green foliage create a stunning

green foliage create a stunning look in borders

Its large serrated lobed leaves remain dark green in colour with distinctive red veins throughout the season

River Birch features subtle chartreuse catkins in early spring

with a spread of 70 feet

but is common in the deep forests of Japan

Paeonia lactiflora 'Alertie' Location:GTN green foliage create a stunningAn upright and bushy herbaceous perennial with attractive, dissected dark green foliage tinged red in spring. Erect stems holding showy, spicily scented, double saucer shaped pale pink flowers, turning a darker shade of pink towards the centre, appear in late spring and early summer.