Heptacodium miconioides seven son flower
size/type
taller shrub,taller shrub
usual height
3-5m
usual width
2-3m
leaves
deciduous broadleaf
colour of leaves
flowers
showy
colour of flowers
blooming time
August-October
location
full to partial sun
USDA zone (lowest)
5b (down to -27°C)
winter protection
for zone 5+6
for zone 7
categorized
Description of the plant:
Seven son flower is a fascinating shrub that was first found in China by Ernest H.Wilson more than a hundred years ago, in 1907. Still, it took almost 80 years before this plant was cultivated commercially.Seven son flower is a large shrub or a small tree with 3 predominant features. Leaves, inflorescence, and bark. In spring it makes medium-sized 7-10 cm long, ovate, deciduous leaves with prominent 3 veins. The leaves are opposite and hang on the tree like dogwood or pear tree leaves. They are light green when they emerge, maturing to dark green, and gaining some red shades in autumn but not very striking.
From late summer until late autumn panicles of tiny, creamy white, fragrant flowers are produced at the tips of the branches. They are nice but not as showy as their calyxes which appear after the flowers fell off. They are star-shaped and turn scarlet red and reddish pink making this plant an ultimate showstopper in late season.
The last feature that gets its word in last is the peeling bark leaving a smooth, tan or light brown trunk.
Seven son flower grows fast, making some 50 cm or more per year. It can be pruned in any way in early spring. Being very soil tolerant it will grow in poor or even heavy, compacted soil. It allegedly does well in partly boggy sites. Still, for best results grow it in fertile, well-drained soil in full sun or part shade. Hardy to about -27°C (USDA zone 5b).
Last update: 25-06-2012
QUICK PRICE OVERVIEW
standard
girth 12-14 cm
14 625 Kč
multistemmed
height 150-175 cm
7 990 Kč
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GLOSSARY
- STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
- DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
- EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
- STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
- HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
- SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
- HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
- FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
- GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
