Saturday, September 29, 2007

HINTS - Number 2 Set 3

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Family: Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle Family)

Semi evergreen shrub, broad dense mound wider than tall

Hedges, foundations, screening

Full sun, moderate shade
Annual pruning required to remove deadwood

Foliage: green in summer
bronze in winter
Leaf: simple, opposite, ovate,
margin serrate
apex acute to acuminate

Flowers: dense panicles white flowers mid summer
In autumn flowers fall off but calyx stays and turns red
Sweet fragrance

Hybrid origin: __. chinensis x __. uniflora

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