Name: Sophora microphylla 'Sun King'
Brand: Suttons
SKU: MH11333
Price: 29.74 GBP
Availability: InStock

Sophora microphylla 'Sun King'

Various Pack Sizes

FROM £29.74

Exotic winter/spring flowering shrub
Clusters of vivid yellow flowers
Use as a wall shrub or stand-alone specimen

1 x 3 Litre Potted Plant (Height 40cm+)

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Flowering Period

With its elegant habit, beautiful foliage and showy, pendulous flowers, Sophora microphylla ‘Sun King’ is a shrub that deserves to be more widely grown. In the drab landscape of late winter/early spring, it injects a bolt of much needed colour. Racemes of slender, pendulous buds open into brilliant yellow, bell-shaped flowers with prominent anthers, each about 5cm long. Their intense yellow colour and exotic appearance deliver a glorious fanfare for the coming spring.

Sophora microphylla ‘Sun King’ forms a bushy, evergreen shrub, extending long branches covered in handsome, pinnate leaves. Each leaf is composed of up to 40 pairs of small, glossy, dark green, oval leaflets.

Although reliably hardy in the UK, Sophora microphylla ‘Sun King’ requires a sheltered position to do its best. Grow it at the back of a border and leave it to form an open shrub or train its long stems against a warm, sunny, west or south-facing wall. It makes an excellent choice for a warm, sheltered courtyard or city garden. RHS Award of Garden Merit. Height and spread: 3m (10ft).

Plant height and spread is seasonal therefore we list by pot size rather than a defined plant size. The height and spread of the plant delivered will vary depending on the season, meaning arrival images are an indication only.

Growing Information

Grow in a warm sheltered position in full sun, preferably against a warm, sunny, west or south-facing wall. Requires well-drained soil.

Protect from cold, drying winds. Sophora microphylla ‘Sun King’ is hardy in most parts of the UK but may suffer foliage damage and stem dieback in harsh winters and cold areas of the UK. However, it will readily reshoot if the dead growth is removed in late spring after all danger of frost has passed.

Flowering Period

Order Despatch

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Please note that when several items are ordered they may not all be delivered at the same time.

Delivery Charge

Standard Charge

Packet seed only will incur a carriage charge of £2.99.

All other products incur a carriage charge of £6.99.

If your order comprises of a combination of carriage charges then a combined carriage charge of £7.99 will be applied.

Live Plants

Suttons strives to ensure that all its plants are delivered to you in the perfect condition for planting. While the majority of our nursery plants cope well with slight delays in intransit, sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this for some of our smaller plug products and tender bedding and vegetable lines, which do not respond well to the extra journey time. So regretfully while we offer the majority of our live plant offering nationwide, we are unable to ship plugs, begging plants and tender vegetable plants to the following areas: HS, IV41-IV49, IV51, IV55-56, KW15-KW17, PA34, PA41-48, PA60-PA78, PA80, PH40-PH44, TR21-TR24, ZE1-ZE3.

Non Standard Deliveries

Unfortunately like many companies in our industry we are currently only able to supply orders to UK based customers, excluding those in Northern Ireland. We are committed to finding a way that we can resume or normal services again as soon as possible. Please accept our apologies for any inconvience caused.

Very Large items

If ordering any large items marked large lorry items a surcharge of £5 per item will be applied. These items are also not available to areas and postcodes shown under non standard deliveries. We may need to contact you regarding delivery so please provide a contact number with all orders.

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