C. x purpuseus ( C. cretics x C. ladanifer ) is a glossy , orchid - pink 3 in flowers with a sullen crimson spot seem during summertime on this estrus - loving , evergreen shrub . Dark green leave are white-haired and hairy beneath . Durable dry bank cover or rock garden plant . Tolerates pitiful soils . Plant in full sun for best growth and flowering . Hardy in zone 7b . promptly reaches 4 foot tall and wide . Keep dirt moist until completely established . drouth tolerant when lay down . Fertilizer not needed . prune older staunch from time to time to keep industrial plant vigorous . Pinch or shear to thicken growth .
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Pruning deciduous shrubs can be fraction into 4 group : Those that requireminimal pruning(take out only dead , pathological , discredited , or get over branches , can be done in early spring.);spring pruning(encourages vigorous , new growth which produces summer blossom - in other run-in , flowers appear on unexampled wood);summer pruning after flower(after inflorescence , cut back shoots , and take out some of the old growth , down to the ground);suckering wont pruning(flowers come out on wood from previous year . Cut back flowered stems by 1/2 , to strong produce newfangled shoots and take 1/2 of the bloom stems a couple of in from the footing ) Always remove dead , damaged or morbid wood first , no matter what type of pruning you are doing .
Examples : Minimal : Amelanchier , Aronia , Chimonanthus , Clethra , Cornus alternifolia , Daphne , Fothergilla , Hamamelis , Poncirus , Viburnum . Spring : Abelia , Buddleia , Datura , Fuchsia , Hibiscus , Hypericum , Perovskia , Spirea douglasii / japonica , Tamarix . summertime 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 kettle of fish twice the size of the beginning ball and deep enough to plant at the same story the bush was in the container . If filth is poor , dig hole even wider and fill with a mixture half original dirt and one-half compost or grunge amendment .
cautiously remove bush from container and lightly separate roots . Position in marrow of hole , best side facing ahead . Fill in with original soil or an remediate mixture if need as described above . For larger shrub , build a water well . Finish by mulch and water well .
If the plant is balled - and - burlapped , remove fastener and pen up back the top of natural burlap , insert it down into gob , after you ’ve positioned shrub . verify that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick weewee out from rootball during blistering , dry periods . If celluloid burlap , take away if potential . If not possible , cut out or make slits to allow for root to develop into the new soil . For larger shrubs , establish a water well . Finish by mulch and water well .
If shrub is spare - root , seem for a discolouration somewhere near the base ; this target is likely where the ground crease was . If soil is too arenaceous or too clayey , add organic matter . This will help with both drain and piss holding capacity . Fill soil , tauten just enough to tolerate shrub . Finish by mulching and watering well .
