Famille
Oleaceae
Shrub with pink flowers at the end of winter. Called pink forsythia for its resemblance. Height 1,5m.
Classification
Trees and shrubs
Climat
Zone 7: from -17°C to -12°C
Couleur de feuille
Couleur de fleur
Exposition
Sheltered winds
Sunny
Hauteur minimum
150cm
Hauteur max
200cm
Encombrement min
100cm
Encombrement max
200cm
Intérêts remarquables
Flower
Période
In spring
Type de sol
Neutral
Utilisation au jardin
Massif
Parterre
General description
- Origin
- Korea.
- Climate
- Resistant to -15 and -20 ° C.
- Exposure
- Sunny and warm, avoid planting it to the east.
- Soil
- Humid and well drained.
- Growth
- Slow.
- Pathology
- No known disease.
- Propagation
- By sprouting young shoots in spring or mature wood in autumn.
- Pruning
- After flowering.
- Use
- Boarder, flowery hedge.
General physiology
- Dimensions
- Height from 90cm to 2m.
- Habit
- Arched shrub, can be guided as climbing.
- Trunk
- Multi stems.
- Branches
- Soft and very arched branches.
Leaves
- Shape
- Simple, opposite, whole, oval, 5 to 7cm long.
- Colour
- Green becoming purple-violet with cold.
- Note
- Caduque, similar to Abelia's ones.
Flowers
- Flowering time
- Winter flowering from February to March, depending on the region.
- Shape
- Small flowers with 4 loose petals, abundant along the branches. Looks like flowering forsythia.
- Colour
- Rose, pink button.
- Note
- Fragrant. Appears before the leaves.
Fruits
- Shape
- Simple samare.
- Colour
- Green slightly pink, then brown.
- Seeds
- Unique, round and flat seed.