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Beauty Bush
The dark green summer foliage develops reddish fall color. Its bark is light brown that splits vertically and eventually peels and exfoliates. Beautybush, 'Kolkwitzia amabilis', has pale pink bell-shaped flowers in early June that produce tan colored hairy seeds that remain into winter. It is an arching, spreading shrub, with graceful hanging branches, reaching 8 feet tall, usually as wide as it is tall. This upright, arching shrub prospers in dry, sandy, poor soil. ... additional info
Lilac - Korean It is the most common cultivar of the species, valued for its even more compact habit (to 4-6”). The Dwarf Korean Lilac, Syringa meyeri 'palibin', is known as a compact but spreading, small-foliaged Lilac with showy late May lavender-purple flowers that are spread over the entire shrub canopy. Meyer, who introduced this species to the United States from Northern China in the early 20th century. Syringa translates from the Greek as "pipe", in reference to the hollow stems. Meyeri is named after F. This deciduous shrub is especially urban tolerant. N. It is widely used as a foundation, group planting, informal or formal hedge, or specimen shrub. |
