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Harry Lauder’s Walkingstick
It does well in large containers and likes full sun. Harry Lauder’s Walkingstick, Corylus avellana 'Contorta', is noted for its contorted, twisted growth, making it a real conversation piece when grown as a specimen plant. This unique deciduous shrub has interesting gnarled and twisted branches so it is often not grown primarily for its blooms but for this unusual branching pattern. It is a slow grower to 8 to 10 feet tall and wide and prefers well drained soil in sun to part shade. Harry Lauder's Walkingstick has terrific yellow fall foliage color with showy greenish-yellow catkins (as on pussy willows) that brighten the winter scene. The branches are valued for their use in flower arrangements. ... more information
Rose of Sharon-Morning Star Leaves are diamond-shaped, dark green, slightly palmate and toothed. This plant really requires no pruning, unless you need to remove a dead or damaged branch. This shrub may also be trained as a single trunk tree or espalier. 'Morning Star' bears grayish blue flowers with pinkish white eyes from late summer until mid-fall. This cultivar is a sterile triploid that produces very few if any seed pods. The Morning Star Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus Morning Star, is an upright, deciduous shrub that is a vigorous, erect, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows 8-12' tall. Otherwise, prune to shape. Larger flowers may be obtained by pruning back hard to 2-3 buds in early spring. It is an excellent flowering shrub that may be massed, planted in groups, or used as a specimen. |
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