Honeycup

Honeycup (or Powdery Zenobia) is a stunning native shrub, native to wet pine savannas, pocosins, bog edges, and seepage slopes of the coastal plain from North Carolina to northern Florida, where it grows with fetterbush, inkberry, and swamp azalea in highly acidic, peaty, wet soils. In June and July it produces dangling clusters of lily-of-the-valley-scented, white, bell-shaped flowers on gracefully arching stems — the flowers are honey-sweet in fragrance and highly attractive to native bees. The distinctive glaucous (powdery blue-green) leaves are semi-evergreen to deciduous depending on the winter, and the shrub slowly spreads by stolons to form loose colonies. Grow in wet, highly acidic soil in partial shade; it is excellent companion to Atlantic white cedar, blueberries, and swamp azaleas in a native bog or rain garden planting. Avoid alkaline or dry conditions, which are fatal. Спосіб посадки: Висадка розсади Відстань між рослинами: 36–60 дюймів Висота: 36–72 дюймів Дні до схожості: 21–60 Температура ґрунту для схожості: 18–24°C

Honeycup (or Powdery Zenobia) is a stunning native shrub, native to wet pine savannas, pocosins, bog edges, and seepage slopes of the coastal plain from North Carolina to northern Florida, where it grows with fetterbush, inkberry, and swamp azalea in highly acidic, peaty, wet soils. In June and July it produces dangling clusters of lily-of-the-valley-scented, white, bell-shaped flowers on gracefully arching stems — the flowers are honey-sweet in fragrance and highly attractive to native bees. The distinctive glaucous (powdery blue-green) leaves are semi-evergreen to deciduous depending on the winter, and the shrub slowly spreads by stolons to form loose colonies. Grow in wet, highly acidic soil in partial shade; it is excellent companion to Atlantic white cedar, blueberries, and swamp azaleas in a native bog or rain garden planting. Avoid alkaline or dry conditions, which are fatal. Спосіб посадки: Висадка розсади Відстань між рослинами: 36–60 дюймів Висота: 36–72 дюймів Дні до схожості: 21–60 Температура ґрунту для схожості: 18–24°C --- Час посадки: 0–4 тижнів spring Plant nursery transplants in spring in wet to moist, highly acidic (pH 4.5–5.5), sandy or peaty soil in partial shade. Zenobia is a bog and pocosin specialist that requires consistently acidic, wet conditions — it declines in alkaline or dry soils.