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PRONOUNCED: a-BEE-lee-uh gran-dih-FLOR-uh |
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SIZE:
6 ft. x 8 ft. x 6 ft.
TYPE:
Semi-evergreen
PRUNING:
Remove winter damage to keep the long, arching
stems from looking unruly. Flowers develop on new
growth. USE:
A natural for containers, hedges and massing,
and also enhances foundation plantings and shrub
borders. SOIL:
Well drained, moist, acid soil
COMMENTS:
This China native had fine-textured
leaves,
lustrous deep green during the growing season and
purplish in fall and winter. Has an abundane of
fragrant, pink-tinged white flowers from spring to
frost. Will survive the warmer parts of Zone 5, but
might be killed off to the ground although the
roots will survive. Has a tendency to form a
spreading, dense mass of arching stems. Plant in
the spring or the fall. Is deer resistant. |
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