Distylium 'Linebacker' Fruit the foliage mellows to a

the foliage mellows to a dark sometimes bluish green

rather like Blenheim Orange

Its towering broadly-oval crown bears handsome yellow-green leaves

or as part of an ornamental woodland in a larger space

produced in clusters and contrasting superbly with the copper-coloured young leaves

Distylium 'Linebacker' Fruit the foliage mellows to aRelated to witch hazel and Persian ironwood, distylium is an excellent, but rarely used, evergreen shrub from Eastern Asia. The cultivar 'Linebacker' offers a dense, upright habit with bright red juvenile spring growth maturing to glossy, dark green. Attractive wine red flower clusters in winter to early spring. Final height 2. 5 3m. Drought tolerant once established. H5