Attracive 2 1/2 foot tall evergreen , mound shrub . Summer leaf is rich green , wrench cerise purple in the fall , persisting into winter . Small , fragrant , white flowers , are borne in upright racemes . spreading by suckers so can be an effective ground cover .
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Pruning deciduous shrubs can be divided into 4 groups : Those that requireminimal pruning(take out only deadened , diseased , damaged , or crossed branches , can be done in former spring.);spring pruning(encourages vigorous , unexampled growth which get summer flowers - in other row , flowers come along on new wood);summer pruning after flower(after flowering , cut back shoots , and take out some of the old growth , down to the ground);suckering wont pruning(flowers seem on Grant Wood from premature twelvemonth . Cut back flower stems by 1/2 , to strong grow raw shoot and remove 1/2 of the flowered stems a couple of column inch from the ground ) Always off all in , discredited or morbid woods first , no matter what character of pruning you are doing .
lesson : Minimal : Amelanchier , Aronia , Chimonanthus , Clethra , Cornus alternifolia , Daphne , Fothergilla , Hamamelis , Poncirus , Viburnum . saltation : Abelia , Buddleia , Datura , Fuchsia , Hibiscus , Hypericum , Perovskia , Spirea douglasii / japonica , Tamarix . Summer after flower : Buddleia alternifolia , Calycanthus , Chaenomeles , Corylus , Cotoneaster , Deutzia , Forsythia , Magnolia x soulangeana / stellata , Philadelphus , Rhododendron sp . , Ribes , Spirea x arguta / prunifolia / thunbergii , Syringa , Weigela . Suckering : KerriaHow - to : Planting ShrubsDig a jam twice the size of the base ball and deep enough to imbed at the same level the shrub was in the container . If soil is poor , dig hole out even wider and fill with a mixture half original soil and one-half compost or soil amendment .
Carefully remove bush from container and gently separate root word . Position in center of kettle of fish , best side facing forward . Fill in with original soil or an amended mixture if needed as described above . For larger shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulch and watering well .
If the plant is ball - and - burlapped , take fasteners and fold back the top of natural burlap , gather it down into pickle , after you ’ve lay shrub . check that that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick water off from rootball during hot , dry periods . If synthetic gunny , bump off if possible . If not possible , cut away or make slits to tolerate for ascendant to develop into the young soil . For large shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulching and water well .
If shrub is bleak - root word , depend for a discoloration somewhere near the base ; this Deutschmark is likely where the soil line was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , add together organic subject . This will facilitate with both drainage and water holding electrical capacity . Fill dirt , firm just enough to put up bush . Finish by mulching and watering well .
