Tutsan

Tutsan
Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pet safety

Mildly harmful to pets if eaten (fruit/berries).

Through the year

Flowering months are not yet confirmed.

Key care steps

  1. Cut 23cm lengths, sloping at the top and flat at the base.
  2. Slot into a slit trench with sharp sand in the bottom, two-thirds buried.
  3. Firm after frosts and leave for a full year before lifting.

Tutsan is a bushy, deciduous shrub with upright branches and paired oval leaves. Small, cupped yellow flowers appear in midsummer, followed by long-lasting, dry, berry-like fruits that mature from red to black.

Sun: Full sun to partial shade.

Soil: Chalk, clay, loam or sand; acid, alkaline or neutral pH..

Hardiness: H5 — down to −15°C.