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Ruscus aculeatus John Redmond

Ruscus aculeatus is one of a handful of species of this small Mediterranean evergreen plant, also known as Butchers Broom. ”John Redmond” is a compact evergreen shrub up to about 50cm high with a broad upright habit. The dark green twigs carry no leaves, but so-called ‘cladophylls’; leaf-like flattened branchlets. They are ovate, sharp pointed