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Last month ’s mystery plant was peach bush ( Kolkwitzia amabilis , USDA Hardiness Zones 5 - 9 ) . This belated - spring- to early - summertime - flowering bush is native to China and prefer full sun and well - run out ground . It grow to 10 feet marvellous and 12 feet wide . Beauty bush ’s jet - like material body is particularly charming when the bush is in bloom , but it ’s in general considered coarse and leggy in winter or when more than a few years old . you could rejuvenate this shrub by pruning it after it blossom , removing up to a third of the shoot at the al-Qaida to encourage wise increase . Laurel Magrini of Raritan , New Jersey , was take at random from all correct entries to receive a liberal one - yr subscription toFine Gardening . congratulation , Laurel !
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