Catalog Description
Masses of pure white snowball-like flower clusters make a showy display in summer. Bright green leaves have a purplish-red fall coloring. Spectacular landscape specimen. Deciduous. Full sun. Moderate grower to 12 feet tall, 10 feet wide, larger with age. Cutting grown. |
Design Ideas
On display in summer, this shrub is sure to cause a stir with its mass of white snowball blooms. Plant it at the back of the border where it will rise above its companions to show off. It also looksfine as the center plant in an island bed in the lawn. |
Companion Plants
The deep red flowers of Therese Bugnet Japanese Rose (Rosa x `Therese Bugnet`) bring color to the foreground.
Or try the purple-red conical blooms of Royal Red Butterfly Bush (Buddleia davidii `RoyalRed`).
The vigorous growth and purple flowers of Fiveleaf Akebia (Akebia quinata) makes a good vine companion.
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Average Landscape Size
Moderate grower to 12 ft. tall, 10 ft. wide, larger with age. |
Key Plant Benefits
Masses of pure white snowball-like flower clusters make a showy display. Bright green leaves have a purplish-red fall coloring. Spectacular landscape specimen. Deciduous. |
Care Instructions
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a tidy, neat appearance, shear annually to shape. |
Growth Conditions
| Growth Rate |
 Moderate Growing |
| Growth Habit |
| Round |
| Heat Zones |
High:
| 8 (>90 to 120 days) |
| Low: | 1 (< 1 days) |
| Cold Hardiness |
| High: | 8 (10 to 20 F) (see map) |
| Low: | 3 (-40 to -30 F) |
| Water Requirements |
| Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry. |
| Sun Exposure |
| Full to partial sun |
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Flowering
Flower or Bloom description:
Saucer-shaped flowers grow profusely in round clusters
| Flower Color |
| White |
| Flowering Time/Season |
| Summer. |
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Propagation
| Propagation Method |
1
| Cutting grown |
| Best time to Prune |
| Summer after flowering |
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Attributes
Attractive Fruit
Attracts Wildlife
Berries
Border Plant
Deer Resistant
Easy Care Plant
Extremely Hardy
Fall Color
Fruit-Bearing
Hedge Plant
Showy Flowers
Summer Flowering
Windbreak |
Foliage
Leaves are bright green, glossy and lobed like maple
| Foliage Shape | Ovate |
| Normal foliage color | Green |
| Underside foliage | Green |
| Juvenile foliage | Green |
| Mature foliage | Green |
| New foliage | Green |
| Spring foliage | Green |
| Summer foliage | Green |
| Fall foliage | Red |
| Winter foliage | No Value |
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