12/31/2023 0 Comments Wax myrtle cold hardiness![]() Use this tough native shrub in place of Dwarf Yaupon, Indian Hawthorne, or anywhere a medium-sized, disease resistant, low maintenance shrub or hedge is desired. It is generally evergreen into zone 8A and tends to be deciduous to semi-evergreen in zones 6 and 7. Walter's Dwarf Viburnum, Viburnum obovatum 'Densa', is a compact, densly branching selection of this southeastern native. This shrub's dense habit lends it to use anywhere a small to medium-sized shrub is desired in the landscape. The flowers attract a variety of pollinators and the fruit attract songbirds and smaller fructivores. ![]() Images courtesy of Brent Horvath, Intrinsic Perennials, all rights reserved. Item# 12169Īnother excellent native shrub for the landscape! The dense neat mound of deep green glossy foliage and red tinged stems is topped by clusters of white flowers in spring which make way to red berries ripening through purple and finally black. Overly fertile soils can cause them to topple at maturity. Plants are in their best form when grown in a low fertility soil. Provide a full to mostly sunny site with an average to well-drained, acidic soil for the deepest foliage colors and optimum vigor. The species is native throughout much of the eastern 2/3's of the US and is a clumping to slowly spreading rhizomatous grass whose seeds are utilized by a number of seed eating birds. Blackhawks Big Bluestem is a slightly more compact plant reaching about 4-5' high when in flower. It is in late summer when the real show begins with the upright and arching foliage and flowering stems of August deepen to red to red-purple and further deepening and intensifying as the cooler fall weather arrives becoming nearly all black as its sturdy and showy flowering stems begin to mature. One of the hottest new native grasses on the market! Blackhawks Big Bluestem starts off in spring as a deep green clump of upright to arching blades that may be tipped with red to purple. Yellow Foliage/Stems or Marked with Yellow.White Foliage/Stems or Marked with White.Silver or Gray Foliage/Stems or Marked with Gray or Silver.Purple Foliage/Stems or Marked with Purple.Orange Foliage/Stems or Marked with Orange.Maroon, Burgundy, or Purplish-Red Foliage/Stems.Chartreuse Foliage/Stems or Marked with Chartreuse.Black Foliage/Stems or Marked with Black.Missouri Botanic Gardens Plants of Merit.Great Plant Picks for the Pacific Northwest.Sasanquas - Variegated and Multi-Colored.Fragrant Camellias, Sasanquas, and Hybrids.Dwarf Sasanqua Camellias (2 to 5 feet high).Cold Hardy Camellias for Zone 6A and 6B.Camellias - Midseason Flowering Japonicas.Camellias - Late Season Flowering Japonicas.Camellias - Exceptionally Long Flowering Japonicas.Camellias - Early Season Flowering Japonicas.Camellia Japonica By Flowering Season (Early-Mid-Late).Camellias - Variegated and Multi-Colored Japonicas.Butterfly Caterpillar Host Plants - Almost Eden
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