Catalog Description
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Design Ideas
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Companion Plants
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Average Landscape Size
Rapidly grows 5 -6 ft. tall and 5 - 10 ft. wide in a single season. |
Key Plant Benefits
Resilient shrub can be cut to ground every year and will fill in a border or hedge in a single season. Rosy purple, pea-like flowers appear in late summer to early fall, in large racemes. Very effective on slopes and large areas for massing. |
Care Instructions
Provide a site with loose, well-drained soil in full sun. Follow a regular watering schedule of thoroughly soaking the root area once a week. Can be cut back hard in early spring. |
Growth Conditions
| Growth Rate |
 Fast Growing |
| Growth Habit |
| Spreading |
| Heat Zones |
High:
| 9 (>120 to 150 days) |
| Low: | 4 (>14 to 30 days) |
| Cold Hardiness |
| High: | 9 (20 to 30 F) (see map) |
| Low: | 4 (-30 to -20 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:
Flowers are pea-like.
| Flower Color |
| Purplish-pink |
| Flowering Time/Season |
| Flowers in late summer to fall. |
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Propagation
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Attributes
Attracts Butterflies
Easy Care Plant
Fall Flowering
Groundcover
Long Bloom Season
Showy Flowers
Summer Flowering |
Foliage
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Plant Lore
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Plant History
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