Weigela Alexandra bushes do not stretch above two meters. They grow slowly, adding about 10 cm per year. The leaves of this variety have a specific burgundy-green color. Against the dark background of the foliage, red bell-shaped inflorescences stand out brightly.
Advice! Combining several plants one species, you can create a wonderful group planting. B. blooming looks great on its own, if salted next to the door to the house or wicket.
Weigel Middendorf
The features of the Middendorf Weigela are yellow bell flowers, foliage not yellowing until October and two flowering periods per year. You can grow such a shrub separately or in a company.
Advice! In nature, V. Middendorf grows in forests, therefore on garden plot will look good surrounded by other bushes and rarely planted trees .
Weigela early
A very lush, abundantly flowering shrub. It is perhaps the most decorative of all types. Flowers - violet-red, bloom for 10-30 days. Bright green summer leaves turn yellow in September. Due to the dense crown, brown and gray branches are practically invisible.
Advice! Weigela early is not too frost-resistant, it requires shelter. If the winters in your area are fierce, it is better to choose a different type.
Weigela hybrid
In an effort to create the most suitable for natural conditions middle lane shape, breeders combined different types weigels, choosing their best qualities. So, hybrid shrubs have dense foliage and lush flowering, and the range of shades of buds is quite wide: purple, pink, purple, white and carmine flowers delight not only with their beauty, but also with a magnificent aroma.
Weigela hybrid includes several forms, the most famous of which is Bristol Ruby. It is a fairly tall (up to 3 m) shrub with long, bright green leaves. Ruby red with orange in the middle, weigela ruby flowers bloom in June.
By choosing suitable view, you need to decide how and when to plant weigela.
The planting of the weigela was not marked by any particular difficulties. You just need to find a good place and properly arrange the landing pit.
Preparing for landing
When choosing a landing site, consider the following weigela preferences:
- Solar light... In the shade, this thermophilic plant will not bloom at full strength;
- No draft. The wind flutters the leaves and inflorescences of weigela too much, which negatively affects the development of the plant and its appearance;
- Moisture. The ground should be moist, but not marshy. Stagnation of water at the roots is not allowed;
- Priming. Weigela grows best in fertile, non-acidic, loose soils.
Advice! If the soil in your garden is highly acidic, liming it before planting the weigela.
As for seedlings, it is better to choose three-year-old samples. They are easier to accept and grow faster.
Landing
Weigels are planted in early spring. Autumn planting will not give good results, because the seedling will not have time to take root before the cold weather.
Pits 50 * 50 cm for tall bushes are dug at a distance of at least 2 m. For low varieties, a smaller gap is permissible. 15 cm from the bottom of the hole should be occupied by drainage, designed to protect the roots from decay. For these purposes, use gravel or broken brick .
Advice! If the soil is loamy, add sand to the drain.
The soil mix for weigela is usually made up of turf, sand and humus (2/2/1). Potassium salt (40 g per well) and superphosphate (60 g per well) are used as fertilizers.
Advice! If winter is harsh in your area, create a small hut for the bush, setting supports around it and tightening them with lutrasil or spunbond. Fill the place inside such a shelter with dry foliage.
It is important to ensure that there is no snow on the shelter, otherwise young shoots can be damaged.
Pruning
Dry and frostbitten branches of the weigel are pruned annually. This sanitary pruning is done in May. After flowering, formative pruning is performed, which promotes re-flowering.
Once every 2-3 years, a more thorough, rejuvenating pruning of the weigela is carried out, during which the branches that strongly thicken the bush are removed.
Diseases and pests
The main enemy of the weigela is aphids and caterpillars, gnawing leaves. The main danger is root damage. If the bush stops growing, and its leaves turn yellow and droop, carry out preventive watering of the soil with insecticides. It is quite possible that when planting, together with the compost, bears or May beetle larvae got into the pit. At the first suspicion, add the appropriate preparations to the soil (Medvetox will work well).
When correct fit weigela successfully resists disease. By periodically treating the bushes with fungicides, you will protect them from bacterial diseases.
As you can see, planting and care, pruning and reproduction of weigela are simple procedures. Conducting them consistently, you will achieve amazing results.
Weigela - abundantly and bright flowering shrubs... It is named after the German scientist K.E. Weigel. The plant belongs to the Honeysuckle family. His homeland is the island of Java, east and southeast Asia. Weigela can be found on moist soils in light forests and on sunny lawns. Due to its beauty and unpretentious nature, it is used to decorate parks, gardens and home gardens. With a small species diversity, the amount decorative varieties the most unusual palette is very large.
Botanical characteristics
Weigela is a deciduous shrub with upright woody stems. It is nourished by a branched rhizome without horizontal shoots (stolons), so the shrub does not capture the adjacent territory and remains compact. The stems are covered with brown, cracking bark. They branch more from the base. Simple petiolate leaves grow oppositely. They are oval in shape with serrated sides and a pointed edge.
Weigela blooms twice a year: at the end of May and in August. Flowering lasts about a month. The buds are formed on young green and lignified last year's branches. Individual flowers or small dense clusters of 2-6 buds appear in the leaf axils. Their pedicels are very short or absent altogether.
Corolla correct shape consists of five ovoid petals with a pointed edge. They are colored in shades of white, yellow, pink, dark red or magenta... Often the color becomes lighter or more intense over time. At the base, the petals form a wide tube. 5 stamens with linear anthers and a small ovary column with a capitate stigma protrude from it. The length of the opened flower reaches 5 cm.
After pollination, small bivalve capsules with hard woody edges are formed. They are ovoid or oval in shape with a tapered nose. Inside there are many small angular seeds, occasionally winged.
Types and varieties of weigela
In total, 15 species are combined in the genus Weigela. Of these, about 7 are used in culture. But the varietal variety knows no boundaries and is constantly replenished with new samples.
A slender deciduous shrub grows 1-1.5 m in height. It is distinguished by good resistance to frost and actively grows and blooms even in the shade. The plant has ascending shoots. Bright green leaves are pubescent along the veins. Flowers with a diameter of 3-4 cm bloom in May and September. They are collected at the ends of young shoots in dense clusters of 2-6 buds and delight with their beauty for 25-30 days. Bright yellow corollas are covered with orange spots and specks.
A large shrub (up to 3 m in height) covered with ovoid dark green leaves with short petioles. The foliage has finely serrated edges and a sparse nap along the central vein. Bright pink bell-shaped flowers are collected in loose inflorescences of 3-4 buds. They appear in May and last up to 20 days. Varieties:
- Weigela red - a dense bush up to 1.5 m in height grows dark brown-red leaves, and by mid-June it dissolves flowers with rich pink petals and a yellow center;
- Nana purpurea is a dwarf copy of the previous variety;
- Weigela pink - a spreading bush dissolves small flowers. Outside, the petals are painted in pink-carmine color, but inside they are light, almost white;
- Variegata - frost-resistant, graceful variety 2-2.5 m high blooms with small (up to 3.5 cm) bright pink flowers;
- Minor Black is a dwarf, slow-growing shrub with dark green, reddish leaves throughout the summer covered with dark pink flowers 25 mm in diameter;
- Alexandra is a spherical shrub with a diameter of 1-1.5 m covered with medium-sized burgundy or dark purple oval foliage, in the first half of summer it dissolves red-pink bells up to 4 cm in diameter.
A bush with a dense crown grows up to 150 cm tall. Beautiful tubular flowers with a delicate aroma bloom on it. The color is dominated by white, pink, lilac, purple tones. Varieties:
- Bristol Ruby - at a height of 2.5 m, the diameter of the shrub reaches 3.5 m. Bright green leaves grow on the branches, and by the end of June tubular flowers appear. The rose petals have a ruby border and an orange spot at the base.
- Red Prince - a sprawling bush up to 1.5 m high consists of drooping shoots with green leaves. His flowers are bright red, large.
- Eva Rathke is a compact bush 50-60 cm high in June-August, covered with glossy tubular carmine-red flowers.
- Nana variegata is a compact weigela with crimson or white-pink flowers, collected in clusters of 3-4 buds.
- Cardinal - large plant with abundant snow-white flowering.
- Weigela red-leaved - shiny olive leaves in the center have a reddish spot.
- Carnival is a 50-70 cm high bush with bright green oval leaves in June-July, blooms tubular purple-red flowers.
Reproduction methods
For reproduction, weigels use seeds or cuttings. For sowing, seeds should be taken up to 1 year old. This method is suitable for the propagation of species plants, as varietal traits are easily degraded. Sowing can be carried out directly into open ground in the fall, or in early spring in pots with loose fertile soil. When friendly shoots with two leaves appear, they are dived and thinned out. After a year, the plants will grow 6-7 cm in height and have 6-8 leaves. It is important to ensure that the plantings are not too dense, otherwise the rhizomes will get confused. From the second year, weigela can be planted in open ground. For young plants, protection from winter frost is most important. At the age of two, the seedling will grow up to 40-50 cm in height, and it will begin to bloom from the age of 4.
For propagation of weigels by cuttings, green semi-lignified shoots are used. They are cut in the summer. Each branch should have 2 nodes. After cutting, the leaves are removed or shortened by 30-50%. For 1-2 hours, the cuttings are placed in the usual warm water, and then within 12 hours treated with a root-forming composition (heteroauxin). At this stage, they are kept in a dark place with a temperature of + 20 ... + 25 ° C. Then the cuttings are planted in sandy-peat soil. Sprinkle the soil on top with a layer river sand and cover the planting with a greenhouse film. Watering is carried out twice a day. Usually all planting material is rooted.
For planting lignified cuttings, they are cut in April, before bud break. The length of the branches is 15-20 cm. After treatment with Kornevin, the cuttings are planted in pots with sand and turf. They are covered with foil. Rooting takes place within a few weeks, but with less efficiency. A month later, the sprouts are pinched, and later they are fed with organic or mineral composition(mullein, superphosphate, ammonium nitrate). Grown plants are planted in the garden.
Landing and location
Weigel is chosen a well-lit, closed place. From drafts and cold gusts of wind, the buds fall off without blooming. The soil should be loose, fertile and sufficiently moist. It can be loam and sandy loam with a neutral or slightly alkaline reaction. Only weigela Middendorf adapts well to slightly acidic peat soils.
It is better to choose plants from 3 years old in the garden. Planting is carried out in early spring, before bud break. When planted in autumn, weigela sometimes does not have time to adapt and dies in a frosty winter. For planting, pits are prepared with a depth of 30-40 cm. A drainage layer of gravel or shards is laid on the bottom. The free space is filled with earth with the addition of compost and nitrophoska (up to 100 g per bush).
In group plantings, the distance depends on the height of a particular variety. It ranges from 80 cm to 1.5-2 m. The rhizome is carefully laid out and compacted. The root collar should be on the surface or deepen by 1-2 cm.After planting is completed, abundant watering is carried out and the soil surface is mulched.
Care features
Weigela is unpretentious, caring for her will not be too burdensome. Plants are watered only in case of prolonged absence of precipitation and on too hot days. Periodically weed the area and remove weeds. This must be done with caution, as root system located close to the surface.
After transplanting with top dressing, weigela is not fertilized for two years. Then a portion is added in the spring mineral fertilizer(ammofosk, diammofosk). In early summer, during the budding period, the bushes are watered with a solution of potassium sulfate or superphosphate. At autumn digging bring into the near-stem circle wood ash(200 g / m²) or Kemiru.
To maintain attractiveness, weigela needs regular pruning... Sanitary cleaning is carried out in the spring. Remove broken and frozen branches. In the summer, the crown is thinned out and shaped. At summer pruning only part of the branches are removed, because re-flowering occurs due to the young growth. Once every 3-4 years, the bushes need to be rejuvenated. To do this, remove up to 30% of the branches. They are cut to the ground. Sometimes complete cutting of the bush is practiced. There is no need to worry about the renewal of the crown, weigela perfectly tolerates any types of haircuts.
In the fall, weigela is prepared for wintering. After leaf fall, the near-stem circle is sprinkled with earth and mulched. The crown of heat-loving plants is tied with twine and covered with non-woven material or roofing felt. The structure is fixed, and the top is covered with fallen leaves. In winter, it is recommended to trample the snow close to the roots so that the rodents do not damage the shoots.
Weigela is usually resistant to plant diseases. If the place chosen for it is too shady and damp, it may develop gray rot, rust or mottling. To cope with the fungus helps "Topsin" or Bordeaux liquid (a mixture of lime with copper sulfate). Preventive treatment is carried out before bud break.
Use in the garden
Weigel bushes are used in group and single plantings on open areas lawn, along the curb, at the entrance to the garden or at the house. They are also used for zoning, decoration alpine slides or an exquisite garden in japanese style... Weigelu can be combined with other shrubs such as barberry, cotoneaster, spirea, cypress.
Weigela is ornamental shrub from the honeysuckle family... This plant comes from Eastern and South-East Asia, found on Far East and Java. Weigela has erect stems with opposite leaves. The edges of the leaves are serrated.
This plant gained its popularity for flowering. On young shoots in the leaf axils, white, yellow, red bell-shaped flowers are formed. During flowering, the color of the flowers changes from lighter to brighter saturated color.
This shrub blooms twice per season:
- Weigela blooms for the first time in early spring and blooms profusely until mid-summer.
- The second bloom begins in August. It is not as strong as the first, but it is also very beautiful.
This shrub, unpretentious to care for, is very decorative and therefore has gained popularity among many gardeners.
Reproduction of weigela
For reproduction of shrubs use seeds,layering and cuttings.
1. For grafting you can take young shoots or shoots. Cuttings are cut at an angle, leaves are removed, leaving only a few upper ones, processed special means for rooting and planted in a mixture of sand and earth, poured into a pot. This is done at the end of winter, when the juice begins to move.
Cover the handle on top plastic bottle or glass jar creating a greenhouse effect. The can should be lifted from time to time for ventilation. Root germination occurs in a month and a half.
Green shoots take root much easier than cuttings. They work with them the same way. A month after rooting, the top of the new plant must be pinched in order to grow the bush more lush. Weigela is transplanted to a permanent place only after a year.
2. For reproduction by layering a bush branch is bent to the ground, fixed and sprinkled with earth. In order for the roots to appear faster, you can slightly scratch the bark near the ground and treat it with a rooting stimulator. Then this branch with roots is carefully cut off and transplanted.
3. Seed reproduction rarely used, since plants grown from seeds do not inherit maternal qualities. But if there is a desire to do this, they do this: the seeds are planted in a box with soil, sprinkled with earth on top and covered with glass or film. Seedlings appear in 3 weeks.
Place and rules of landing
The soil should be light and fertile, without excessive moisture.
For planting they dig a hole, fill it up, add nitrophoska fertilizer. For drainage, they fall asleep in the ground broken brick... The roots of the plant are gently straightened, dipping into the pit. Cover with earth, leaving the root collar at ground level.
When planting several plants, leave a distance of 1 to 2 meters, depending on the variety.
Care rules
In spring, the soil under the bush is mulched to protect weigela roots from drying out and weeds. This can be done with sawdust, chips and small pebbles. Delete old branches.
Pruning in the summer for a beautiful bush formation. Excessive pruning is not terrible for the shrub, it recovers very quickly.
To water the plant should be abundant, but without stagnant water. Weigela does not like the high moisture content of the soil and therefore, when planting, drainage is done, laying stones and fragments of bricks in the pit.
In autumn they rake leaves under the bush or fall asleep trunk circle spruce branches. The branches are tied together and bent down.
In winters with little snow, weigela is covered with roofing material or burlap. This culture tolerates winter frosts easily, and even after freezing, it quickly recovers.
Top dressing
A young weigela bush does not need fertilizing with fertilizers. They begin to do this only after two years. Before that, he has enough fertilizer applied when planting.
- To activate growth, nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are added in the spring.
- At the beginning of summer they feed potassium sulfate and superphosphate to give strength for flowering.
- In August, they bring in preparations containing potassium and ash.
If you are still hesitant to plant weigela, then by \ look at the video how beautiful the shrub is:
Why are there no flowers
A plant may not bloom for several reasons:
- The landing site was chosen incorrectly.
- Insufficient watering.
- The presence of pests.
The Weigela genus is represented by 15 species growing in East Asia.
It is a very beautifully flowering deciduous shrub, prone to re-flowering, with large flowers about 5 cm, which have a tubular-bell-shaped or funnel-shaped, two-lipped corolla, cream, white and different shades pink or red color, changing during flowering.
Weigela flowers are solitary, but, as a rule, are most often collected in inflorescences, located at the tops of short shoots.
The great decorativeness of weigela, the ease of reproduction and care, have long been of interest to flower growers who know about 5-7 species and 10 varieties.
Weigela is photophilous, achieves good development in open, illuminated places. Some species can tolerate slight shading. Flowers and its leaves are easily damaged by the wind, so it should be planted in sheltered places. Weigela weakly blooms in the shade.
Weigels can be planted with other shrubs, for example, low barberries, cotoneaster, Argut and Vangutta spireas, Buldenezh viburnum, Japanese quince, as well as among the conifers - cypress, juniper. Single specimens of weigela are very effective.
Types and varieties of weigela
Grows in Japan, Primorye and North China.
Shrub 3 m tall. Young shoots of weigela blooming with two rows of hairs. Annual shoots are red-brown, then gray. Leaves are short-petiolate, elliptical, pointed at the apex, serrate, glabrous above, tomentose-pubescent below or pubescent along the veins. Flowers in 4-flowered inflorescences on short lateral shoots, abundant, bright pink. Begins to bloom in May, early June. Bloom for about 20 days.
Weigela blooming can grow in the sun, in partial shade, but in forms the foliage in partial shade turns green. In the conditions of the Moscow region, it is not winter-hardy. However, flowering weigela quickly restores its crown, turning into a compact bush, which manages to bloom most often in the second half of summer. Loves moist, fertile and slightly acidic soils. Does not tolerate stagnant water. Growing rapidly. In severe drought, it needs watering. Colorful during flowering. It is used in group, single and border plantings.
Garden forms of weigela blooming:
Weigela blooming "Purpurea" ("Purpurea")- shrub 1.5 m in height. The leaves are brown-red, elliptical, 8 cm long. Flowers of the weigela "Purpurea" are dark pink with a yellowish center.
It blooms in June. It grows rather slowly. Weigela "Purpurea" hibernates with a shelter.
Weigela blooming "Variegata"- frost-resistant form with small leaves. The length of the leaf is about 5 cm. The height of the bush is about 2.5 m.
Flowers 3 cm in diameter, pink, clustered in racemes, with small leaves at the base.
Weigela blooming "Nana Variegata" ("Nana Variegata")- low shrub 1 m tall, on leaves with a yellow border. Weigela flowers "Nana Variegata" are medium-sized, 2.5 cm long, crimson or white-pink, collected in 4 pieces. Weigela "Nana Variegata" grows slowly.
Weigela hybrid
Weigela hybrid has an elegant spreading crown, and also lush bloom... The bush is 1.5 m tall. It is very beautiful during the flowering period. The flowers of weigela hybrid are tubular-funnel-shaped, collected in a loose inflorescence. They bloom on young leafy shoots.
They are purple, pink, pinkish-violet, white and violet-carmine of different shades, they have a wonderful aroma.
Under this name, several hybrid forms are combined, differing in the colors of flowers and leaves. They were obtained by crossing between weigel species: garden, flowering, Korean and profusely flowering. In culture, hybrid forms of weigel are used more often than wild species.
The following varieties of weigela are popular among fans in Russia:
Weigela "Bristol Ruby"- shrub 3 m tall. The leaves of the weigela "Bristol Ruby" are bright green, 10 cm long.
At the edges, the flowers are ruby-red, sometimes with an orange-reddish center. Weigela "Bristol Ruby" blooms in June, growing rapidly.
Weigela "Eva Rathke"- is a hybrid between Korean weigela and abundant flowering weigela. Low compact, 1 m tall bush. The leaves of the weigela "Eva Rathke" are elliptical, bright green, pointed, 10 cm long.
The flowers are tubular, red-carmine, shiny, lighter inside. Weigela "Eva Ratke" blooms in June, grows moderately quickly.
Weigela "Rosea"- bush 1.5 m high, with a spreading crown. Weigela "Rosea" has very large flowers with a spike-shaped limb, pink, a little dazzling with white.
In autumn, the leaves are variegated red. Weigela "Rosea" winters better than all of the above, she needs a little leaf cover.
It grows in the undergrowth of deciduous and coniferous forests, in the Primorsky Territory in the thickets of cedar, on Sakhalin, in Japan, in northeastern China.
Weigela Middendorf grows singly, in groups, forming thickets on gentle humid slopes, in the upper reaches of springs, along rivers and streams, along stony placers, in the subalpine belt along glades and forest edges.
Deciduous shrub, 1.5 m in height.
The leaves are pointed, ovate or oblong-elongated. Weigela Middendorf flowers are large, bell-funnel-shaped, yellow, with orange dots in the pharynx, in few-flowered inflorescences. It blooms twice a year, in spring and autumn.
Due to the ability of Middendorf's weigela to bloom again, from August to the end of September, the seeds ripen in 2 periods: in September and in October.
The autumn color of the Middendorf weigela leaves appears in early October. Leaf fall in the middle lane stretches throughout October. Weigela Middendorf is one of the most promising shrubs for landscaping due to its graceful growth, original flowers and proportional to the crown.
Grows in single plantings or in small groups on the edges of the south of the Ussuri region and rocky slopes, in China, North Korea.
It is a sprawling, densely leafy shrub up to 2 m tall. Its bark is gray, light brown on the branches, its young shoots are reddish.
The leaves of this species are elliptical or oblong-ovate, shortly pointed or sharp, serrate-toothed along the edge and pubescent on both sides.
In spring, as well as in summer, the leaves are bright green, in autumn they are brown-yellow. Early weigela flowers, 3 on drooping peduncles, pubescent, bright pink; blooms for 30 days. Early autumn color of weigela leaves is noticeable at the end of September.
In central Russia, weigela early became the most decorative representative of this genus, thanks to the abundant, long flowering, light purple-red flowers. In winter, it can freeze slightly, needs shelter.
The early weigela is undemanding to soils, easily tolerates transplanting. It develops better on sunny places... Planted singly. Weigela early is very beautiful in live uncut hedges.
(Weigela hybrida Bristol Ruby)
Weigela hybrid Bristol Ruby - flowering deciduous shrub with a spreading dense crown. The growth rate is fast. Prefers fertile soil. Shade-tolerant, but more decorative in illuminated places. Does not tolerate overflowing water. In severe winters with little snow, it can freeze slightly, but the shoots quickly recover. Requires shelter for the winter. Looks great in single and group plantings, in tree and shrub compositions.
(Weigela hybrida Eva Rathke)
Weigela hybrid Eva Rathke is unusually effective during flowering with carmine-red flowers, which have a pleasant delicate aroma. Grows moderately fast. Photophilous, tolerates shading, but does not bloom very abundantly in the shade. Does not tolerate overflowing water. In severe winters with little snow, it can freeze slightly, but the shoots quickly recover. Requires shelter for the winter. Used in single and group landings, landscape compositions, hedges. It is used in the design of park and garden plots, suitable for container growing.
(Weigela hybrida Candida)
Weigela hybrid Candida is distinguished by white flowers. Grows moderately fast. Does not tolerate waterlogging of the soil. Photophilous, better development reaches in open, well-lit places. Used in single and group landings.
(Weigela hybrida Splendid)
Weigela hybrid Splendid - short graceful shrub blooming with large pale pink flowers. Grows well in moist, well-drained soils. Sun-loving. Shelter is recommended for the winter. It is used in single and group plantings, shrub compositions.
(Weigela hybrida Styriaca)
Weigela hybrid Styriaka is a shrub with light green foliage and pink-red flowers. Grows moderately fast. Does not tolerate waterlogging of the soil. Sun-loving. The frost resistance is average, in snowless winters it can freeze slightly, but it quickly recovers. It is used in single and group plantings, shrub compositions.
(Weigela variegata)
Weigela variegated - deciduous shrub with white-green leaves. Grows well on loose soils. Photophilous. Requires wind protection. Does not tolerate stagnant water. Quite unpretentious. In severe snowless winters, young shoots can freeze slightly. Weigela will serve as a worthy decoration for a Japanese-style garden.
(Weigela florida Aurea)
Weigela blooming Aurea has a green-golden foliage. In spring it is abundantly covered with bright pink flowers. Blooms for about 20 days. The growth rate is fast. Grows well on moderately moist, loose soils. Does not tolerate waterlogging of the soil. Photophilous. Part of the shoots of the plant freezes in winter, but quickly recovers. It is used in single and group plantings, in tree and shrub compositions.
(Weigela florida Nana Variegata)
Weigela blooming Nana Variegata - dwarf variety weigels with variegated leaves... The flowers are white-pink or crimson. It grows slowly. Does not tolerate waterlogging of the soil. Photophilous. In the conditions of the middle zone, it hibernates with shelter. Disease resistant. Used to create small landscape groups. Recommended for rocky gardens, for creating scenic curbs and undersized hedges... Goes well with flowering perennials as part of mixborders and discounts.