Blue Cascade® Evergreen Distylium

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An attractive evergreen plant with emerging light green foliage that matures to a matte finish blue-green; in late winter to early spring, reddish-maroon flowers emerge along the older branches; very elegant when massed together or as an accent shrub

Mature Height: 4 feetMature Width: 4 feetLight: Full Sun, Partial Shade
 
FamilyWitch HazelBloom TimeLate Winter to Mid SpringFoliage ColorGreenGenusDistyliumGrowth RateSlowHardiness Zone6bLandscape UsesAccent, Massing, GardenLight NeedsFull Sun, Partial ShadeMature Height4 feetMature Width4 feetPrune TimeBest If Not PrunedWater NeedsAverage to Moist
 
 
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3602 Cobb Parkway Northwest
Acworth GA 30101
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Alpharetta GA 30022
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Essentials for Success

For flourishing plants, use potting soil for potted plants or planting mix for garden beds paired with Root Zone starter fertilizer is the perfect duo to foster robust root growth and minimize transplant shock.

Details

Blue Cascade® Evergreen Distylium is a dense multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a stunning habit of growth which features almost oriental horizontally-tiered branches. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and usually looks its best without pruning, although it will tolerate pruning. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Blue Cascade&reg: Evergreen Distylium is recommended for the following landscape applications:

  • Accent
  • Mass Planting
  • General Garden Use

Features

Blue Cascade® Evergreen Distylium is clothed in stunning panicles of burgundy spider-like flowers along the branches from late winter to mid spring. It has attractive bluish-green foliage. The oval leaves are highly ornamental and remain bluish-green throughout the winter. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Care

Planting & Growing

Blue Cascade® Evergreen Distylium will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 4 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 50 years or more.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is particular about its soil conditions, with a strong preference for rich, acidic soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.