It is a handsome broadleaf evergreen that is sold at larger nurseries in southeast Pennsylvania and can be found somewhat commonly. It is...Read More sort of expensive, so it is found planted most at more expensive landscapes. It often does well in the silty-clay or clay loam acid soils of the area, but it sometimes dies out, especially in new subdivisions, as if there is too much sun and wind or if the soil is not good quality. Two customers in western New Jersey told me that it grew so powerfully in their backyard acid, very moist, sandy soil that they were trying to kill much of it off and not successful. Jenkins Arboretum in se PA has a lot ot it growing powerfully in their woodsy landscape with acid, moist, silty-clay soil. I never saw it in my native northeast Illinois, except at an arboretum, where it struggled some.
Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a) | April 2012 | positive
I purchased three of these today for a new area in our backyard that receives considerable shade. The clerk warned me they are rather la...Read Morex in habit, but I think their pendulous weeping shape will fit right in with the landscaping I'm adding to this area.
It is a handsome broadleaf evergreen that is sold at larger nurseries in southeast Pennsylvania and can be found somewhat commonly. It is...Read More
I purchased three of these today for a new area in our backyard that receives considerable shade. The clerk warned me they are rather la...Read More