Catalog Description
A colorful addition to the shade garden! Excellent perennial groundcover with berry profuse flowering. Early spring raspberry blooms arrive, followed by narrow, upright, silver mottled foliage. |
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Average Landscape Size
Moderate-growing to 12 in. high, spreading to 18 in. |
Key Plant Benefits
Useful, attractive groundcover for shade under shrubs and along paths. Berry profuse! Spring raspberry-coral flowers are held on arching sprays above the lush silver-spotted foliage. Highly resistant to powdery mildew. Herbaceous perennial. |
Care Instructions
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. For a neat appearance, remove old foliage before new leaves emerge. Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring |
Growth Conditions
| Growth Rate |
 Moderate Growing |
| Growth Habit |
| Mounding |
| Heat Zones |
High:
| 9 (>120 to 150 days) |
| Low: | 1 (< 1 days) |
| Cold Hardiness |
| High: | 8 (10 to 20 F) (see map) |
| Low: | 4 (-30 to -20 F) |
| Water Requirements |
| Keep surface of soil moist, but not soggy. |
| Sun Exposure |
| Partial to full shade |
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| Flowering Time/Season |
| Raspberry-red flowers in spring. |
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Propagation
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Attributes
Clump Forming
Hummingbird Friendly
Berries
Shade Loving
Showy Flowers
Spring Flowering
Disease Resistant |
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