This plant is a mainstay of my shady, Z6 Massachusetts urban garden. Has persisted vigorously through all kinds of weather for 10 years ...Read Moreor more. Beautiful edger and/or groundcover. Don't understand why it isn't sold and used more often. Tip: Buy more than one plant (if you can find it!), and the spread will multiply geometrically.
I have tons of this and have grown it for many years in zone 5/6 Massachusetts where it is very hardy and spreads aggressively. I use it...Read More in my perennial borders. It's an interesting and underused broadleaf evergreen plant, IMHO.
This Canby Cliff-Green is so interesting botanically. It is rarely sold. My biggest customer is a plant enthusiast and she bought twelve...Read More little potted plants from a special nursery, but she was told "good luck growing them." She placed them around her southeast PA yard and only one survived. I have photos of it close to her artificial pond and little waterfall in an acid, good clay soil. It was there for over ten years, then it died in the summer of 2013 that was so very wet with so much rain. It is a very sensitive plant; only growing well with certain conditions that don't vary much. Its favorite soil reaction is very acid of pH 4.5 to 6.0, but I believe some have been found growing in neutral and alkaline soils in uphill situations.. I would recommend a sandy-silt loam soil, light shade all year, and shelter from open exposure for landscapes; otherwise, being grown in a big pot with potting soil would probably work the best for most people. Morton Arboretum in Lisle, IL, has a big patch in its Acid-loving Plant Collection on the East side. It is native to the Appalachian Mountain region from southcentral Pennsylvania to North Carolina and a spot in northeast Kentucky and one in southeast Ohio on shaded cliffs and slopes..
Kind of an insignificant little mini shrub. It just kind of sits there. It keeps coming back in my zone 5 garden, but doesn't get any big...Read Moreger so far. It's on the shady side of the house, in the snow slide area from the roof.
What a funny little wanna-be shrub; only a finger's height tall. A Broadleaf evergreen, only a little prone to winterburn, it blooms wi...Read Moreth tiny, interior little flowers in early to mid spring. It has potential as a slow groundcover, perhaps in a moist rockery.
This plant is a mainstay of my shady, Z6 Massachusetts urban garden. Has persisted vigorously through all kinds of weather for 10 years ...Read More
I have tons of this and have grown it for many years in zone 5/6 Massachusetts where it is very hardy and spreads aggressively. I use it...Read More
This Canby Cliff-Green is so interesting botanically. It is rarely sold. My biggest customer is a plant enthusiast and she bought twelve...Read More
Kind of an insignificant little mini shrub. It just kind of sits there. It keeps coming back in my zone 5 garden, but doesn't get any big...Read More
What a funny little wanna-be shrub; only a finger's height tall. A Broadleaf evergreen, only a little prone to winterburn, it blooms wi...Read More