Sichuan Jade Fairy Bell
Disporopsis jinfushanensis 'Sichuan Jade'
This tough-as-nails evergreen perennial is winter hardy with beautiful foliage. Lance-shaped leaves are a glossy, dark green with recessed, parallel veins. In spring, each leaf axil gives way to a superb white bell-like flower.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | dy-spor-OP-sis PERN-yee-eye |
| Key feature: | Shade Loving |
| Plant types: | Perennial, Groundcover |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 7 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Full to partial shade |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Arching shoots 15 in. tall spread slowly to 24 in. wide in 10 years. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Compact, Spreading |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Spring |
| Foliage color: | Dark Green |
| Item no.: | 5356 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Provide a moist, well drained soil, rich in organic matter. Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring.
Design Ideas
In the garden it's an elegant clumping perennial with great garden versatility. It will slowly spread to 2 feet wide in 10 years. Its low-growing form is complemented by taller, dappled-shade loving perennials and evergreen shrubs, such as Astilbe and Rhododendron. .
This tough-as-nails evergreen perennial is winter hardy with beautiful foliage. Lance-shaped leaves are a glossy, dark green with recessed, parallel veins. In spring, each leaf axil gives way to a superb white bell-like flower.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Provide a moist, well drained soil, rich in organic matter. Divide clumps every 2 to 3 years in early spring.
Design Ideas
In the garden it's an elegant clumping perennial with great garden versatility. It will slowly spread to 2 feet wide in 10 years. Its low-growing form is complemented by taller, dappled-shade loving perennials and evergreen shrubs, such as Astilbe and Rhododendron. .
| Botanical Pronunciation: | dy-spor-OP-sis PERN-yee-eye |
| Key feature: | Shade Loving |
| Plant types: | Perennial, Groundcover |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 7 - 9 |
| Light needs: | Full to partial shade |
| Water Needs: | Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat. |
| Average landscape size: | Arching shoots 15 in. tall spread slowly to 24 in. wide in 10 years. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Compact, Spreading |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Spring |
| Foliage color: | Dark Green |
| Item no.: | 5356 |
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