Sarcococca hookerana is an evergreen bush 4 - 6′ tall and extensive , dense and mound habit . It spreads by sucker , forming colonies . Foliage is a glistening dark green , can become light green in high pH land . Sweetly fragrant white flowers are 1/2″ wide , hidden in the leaf axils , flower in other spring . Young shoots of ‘ Purple Stem ’ are purplish - pinko and the blossom are color with pinkish . Though it rarely fruit , it can bring forth inconspicuous small , burnished , black drupes from fall to wintertime . Prefers moist , well drained acidulous soil . discolouration can occur in full sun , not bothered by pests . A very estimable with child plate groundcover , with well-favoured foliage , and honeyed fragrance , will not spread aggressively . aboriginal to the Himalayas , Afghanistan . Some cultivar are available .
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Light
Partial shademeans that an area receives filtered light , often through marvellous subdivision of an open spring up tree diagram . Root competition is usually less . fond shade can also be achieved by locating a flora beneath an mandrel or lathe - like structure . suspect position of a building are normally the northern or northeast sides . These sides also tend to be a little cooler . It is not rare for plants that can bear full sun or some sun in cooler clime to require some shade in warmer clime due to stress place on the plant from reduced moisture and exuberant warmth .
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Planting
Pruning deciduous shrubs can be divided into 4 groups : Those that requireminimal pruning(take out only drained , morbid , damaged , or crossed branches , can be done in early spring.);spring pruning(encourages vigorous , novel growth which produces summer flowers - in other words , flowers come along on fresh wood);summer pruning after flower(after flowering , cut back shoot , and take out some of the old growth , down to the ground);suckering habit pruning(flowers seem on wood from late year . Cut back flowered stalk by 1/2 , to stiff grow new shoot and off 1/2 of the flowered stem a couple of column inch from the ground ) Always polish off all in , discredited or pathologic wood first , no matter what type of pruning you are doing .
Examples : Minimal : Amelanchier , Aronia , Chimonanthus , Clethra , Cornus alternifolia , Daphne , Fothergilla , Hamamelis , Poncirus , Viburnum . Spring : Abelia , Buddleia , Datura , Fuchsia , Hibiscus , Hypericum , Perovskia , Spirea douglasii / japonica , Tamarix . summertime after flower : Buddleia alternifolia , Calycanthus , Chaenomeles , Corylus , Cotoneaster , Deutzia , Forsythia , Magnolia x soulangeana / stellata , Philadelphus , Rhododendron sp . , Ribes , Spirea x arguta / prunifolia / thunbergii , Syringa , Weigela . Suckering : Kerria
