Description

A beautiful vigorous shrub that is excellent for border planting; lovely racemes of shell pink flowers in spring and fine textured green foliage all season on gently arching branches: not much bothered by disease or pests

Landscape Attributes

Chinese Neillia is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a more or less rounded form. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Chinese Neillia is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Chinese Neillia will grow to be about 6 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 feet. It has a low canopy, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This species is not originally from North America.