Physocarpus opulifolius Sweet Cherry Tea® 'ZLEBic5'
A shrub with cheering flowers in late summer!
Sweet Cherry Tea® is a highly flowering, melliferous physocarpus variety with a compact, upright habit and dense branching that doesn't spread.
Its fine leaves are brightly colored, evolving from orange-red spring foliage to purple. Its dark pink flower buds bloom light pink, with a mid-summer flush of flowers.
It's an easy plant, requiring little maintenance or pruning.
sunny
hardy (-30°C)
deciduous
autumn
- Position
- sunny
- Hardiness
- hardy (-30°C)
- Foliage
- deciduous
- Flowering period
- 05 - 06 puis 07 - 08
- Flowering colour
- purple
(wholesale)
Use :
Having a dense shape, the shrub is ideal for small containers, smaller gardens, and border creations…
Type of soil :
All types, can stand chalky soils.
Care :
Cut back hard in early spring, renewing the branches (only 1/3, in order to obtain flowers on the uncut branches).