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Great hedge or screen. Attractive, tightly branched, compact grower makes an excellent evergreen shrub good for shearing as a pyramid, globe, or accent. Tolerates poor soils, heat. Full to partial sun. Fast grower to 6 to 8 feet tall, 4 to 6 feet wide. Cutting grown.

Performance and Requirements

Light needs: Full to partial sun

Watering Needs: Needs regular watering - weekly, or more often in extreme heat.

Pruning Time: Spring after flowering

Growth Rate: Fast Growing

Growth Habit: Erect

Design Information

Companion Plants

CATLIN`S GIANT CARPET BUGLE
Ajuga reptans `Catlin`s Giant`

SWEET BAY
Laurus nobilis

SUGAR TYME^™ CRABAPPLE
Malus x 'Sutyzam' P.P.# 7062

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Design Styles: This is an ideal, no-fail plant for formal hedges. Takes the worst weather and soils. Neat tidy habit makes for a great partition between shrub and flower beds of varying themes. Use as a living fence to divide and surround without competing with perennials and flowering trees.

Care Information

Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. For a tidy, neat appearance, shear annually to shape.

Background Information

Botanical Pronunciation: u-ON-i-mus ja-PON-i-ka grand-i-FO-lia

Catalog Description: Great hedge or screen. Attractive, tightly branched, compact grower makes an excellent evergreen shrub good for shearing as a pyramid, globe, or accent. Tolerates poor soils, heat. Full to partial sun. Fast grower to 6 to 8 feet tall, 4 to 6 feet wide. Cutting grown.