Polygala x dalmaisiana 26/3 Restock with narrow bluish-green leaves set

with narrow bluish-green leaves set in pairs along curiously four-angled stems

or standing in a row as a narrow living screen along a fence or property line

grown for arching

the species has stayed largely within botanical gardens and specialist collections

and asks little once settled

Polygala x dalmaisiana 26/3 Restock with narrow bluish-green leaves setPolygala x dalmaisiana, the sweet pea shrub, is a fast growing evergreen hybrid of two South African species (P. oppositifolia and P. myrtifolia), grown for a nearly year round show of orchid like flowers on an open, informal frame. The flowers are the whole point: a rich purplish pink, each carried on two winged, petal like sepals that surround a fringed white to purple crest, so the bloom reads like a tiny sweet pea or a small orchid. In mild