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Fabaceae
Shrubby lespedeza
Lespedeza bicolor
Also known as Japanese bush clover, Lespedeza bicolor f. grandifolia, Shrub bush clover, Lespedeza bicolor f. pendula
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Shrub · Pollinator · Wildlife · Fast-Growing · Purple Flowers · Late Season · Legume · Deciduous · Bird Garden · Erosion Control
Shrubby lespedeza is a fast-growing, deciduous shrub that produces an abundance of rosy-purple flowers in late summer, providing important late-season forage for pollinators and seeds for birds. It thrives in well-drained soils with full sun to partial shade and requires very little care once established. Be aware that in some regions of the eastern United States it can spread aggressively, so check local guidelines before planting.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately once established; tolerates short dry spells but performs best with consistent moisture · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.8–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 48 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Purple
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China Southeast, Chita, East European Russia, Georgia, Illinois, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kuril Is.
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle
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