I have had this plant in the ground for about a year and a half and it has been slow growing so far. I have it in partial sun.shade and i...Read Moren very well drained soil. I noticed there are pink buds on it now 10/14.
They appear to be flower buds for the upcoming season's bloom.
I will update if it blooms or not. I am in the Piedmont regions of NC in zone 7b/8.
I have to change my review on this plant to neutral. I believe it really needs to be grown in zone 8b south. It survived the winter of 2014-15 but the flower bubs were damaged by the cold. I lost one and put the other one in a pot. The one in the pot is growing slowly and hasn't bloomed yet. I will update this again but I will say I am less than enthused so far.
Update 11/7/17
I have been growing the Rhodoleia in a pot now for about a year and a half.
It has grown very well as far as a the foliage goes but the flower buds just fell off last winter . I'm hoping for some flowers this year.
Update 10/30/19
I purchased 3 of these in three gallon containers last year (2018) they were decent sized and they have both done well.
I planted them in the fall of last year and didn't see any flowering this past spring. One is in full sun and one is in partial shade. The one in full sun has doubled in size and has more medium green leaves. The one in partial shade hasn't grown as much but has grown well and has deep green leaves. They are both planned in my native soil with some amendment (Peidmont of NC) and did need supplemental warring during a 6 week dry spell in August and September.
I am hoping for some flowering this coming spring (2020) and will update then.
1/1/23
The cold snap last weekend 8 degrees caused the larger of my shrubs to lose all its flower buds. There were close to 50 until the low temperatures.
Major bummer but maybe next year
I have had this plant in the ground for about a year and a half and it has been slow growing so far. I have it in partial sun.shade and i...Read More