BlueBell Arboretum & Nursery

Mail order trees, shrubs, conifers and woody climbers

Description

A handsome, semi-evergreen shrub native to the eastern United States, Zenobia is one of the most beautiful and neglected of early summer flowering shrubs. Zenobia pulverulenta 'Blue Skies' has clear silvery-blue young leaves turning greenish-blue as they age and masses of delightful bell-shaped, pure-white flowers in early to mid summer.

An unusual and eye-catching garden plant, best suited to a garden with acid soil. Zenobia pulverulenta 'Blue Skies' can also be grown in a large container.

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Features

• Common name: Blue-leaved Zenobia.
• Position: Partial shade.
• Soil: Moist yet well drained, acid soil.
• Hardiness: Hardy.
• Flowering Period: May
• Rate of Growth: Slow. Zenobia pulverulenta 'Blue Skies' is a semi-evergreen plant which will keep all its leaves in a mild winter and drop them in a very cold winter.
• Habit: Small branching shrub.
  • Height: 1.5 m (5 ft).
  • Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft).