Distylium x ‘Blue Cascade’

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BOTANICAL NAME:  Distylium x ‘Blue Cascade’

COMMON NAME: “Blue Cascade Distylium”

ATTRACTS: 

RESISTANT: insects and disease

BLOOM COLOR/ TIME: Small red flowers in Winter

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:  Full to Part Sun

HEIGHT: 3 to 4 feet

WIDTH: 3 to 4 feet

EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS: Evergreen

WATER REQUIREMENTS: Average to Moderate

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Prefers well-drained, fertile and consistently moist soil but is adaptable to most soil types.

GARDEN ATTRIBUTES: Drought & heat tolerant

Winter interest

HARDINESS ZONES: 6-9

Bl;ue Cascade Distylium is a compact, evergreen shrub w/bluish-green leaves that have cascading layered branching. Red spider-like flowers along the branches in Winter through early Spring. Great for foundation planting.