Botanical Name: Centranthus ruber
Common Name: Jupiter's beard
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape bushy, rounded, sprawling plant with blue-green foliage and red terminal flower clusters - very rank and fast growing
Height 2-3'
Spread indefinite
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun to part shade
Soil takes most any soil
Hardiness hardy to 15 degrees F (zones 7-9, 14-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves blue-green lanceolate to ovate, opposite to 4" long, slightly toothed to entire
Flowers dense terminal clusters of small red to pinkish flowers – about 1/2" long
Fruit single-seeded nut - with dandelion-like wing
 
Propagation:
stem cuttings, seed
 
Usage:
mass plantings, banks, low maintenance situations – good in dry, difficult situations – good source of warm season color
 
Landscape Care:
Watering very drought tolerant after first year – don't over water
Fertilizing none
Pruning keep controlled in area – should be thinned every other year; cut off dead flowers
Pests/Diseases none
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Europe and North Africa
Family: Valerianaceae

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