Planted in summer 2010. This is 'Edo Shibori', a small bush clover to 3 feet high and 5 feet wide. Normally bush clovers are huge sprawly masses. I got this from Bosco's.
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| August 8, 2011, filling out nicely after growing back from the roots |
I put it next to the blackhaw viburnum in the garden in front of the dry creek bed. Michaela at Gardener's Eden has a
lovely profile and pictures of this plant.
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| June 20, 2011 |
It flowers in late summer-- August into September. It's a dieback shrub, so cut woody stems back to the ground in late winter. It regrows nicely each year.
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| Late summer flowers are prolific but tiny and need to be seen close up |
I treat this as a die back shrub each year and cut it back to the ground each March.
It's full of movement, bouncy and bobbing in the slightest breeze, but hard to capture in a picture.
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| August 4, 2012 |
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| August 6, 2013 |
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| September 28, 2013, in bloom sort of - not a good year for flowering in 2013 |
This bush clover seems to have good years and indifferent years. Some years it is big and full and flowers well. Other years it regrows from the roots as a smaller shrub and flowers are very sparse.
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| 5/31/14 -- regrowing from the ground up |
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| 8/27/14 bouncy and flowery, but the blooms are hard to see from a distance. |
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| 11/8/14 |
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| 7/3/15 |
The little lespedeza anchors the end of the strip of garden, framing the bluestone path. It does not color, but stays a light medium green in fall.
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| 10/4/15 |
