Disporum cantoniense 'Moonlight'
Disporum cantoniense 'Moonlight' is an exceptional new cultivar with compact silvery white and green leaves.
Description:
'Moonlight' is an exceptional new cultivar of Disporum cantoniense, compact in form with unique silvery white and green variegation radiating from each leaf blade, becoming suffused with purple-pink coloration as temperatures cool in the fall. Graceful, arching stems emerge in spring, followed by clusters of small flowers in late spring to summer. Adds an illuminating effect to any shade garden.
Common Name: Chinese Fairy Bells
Family:
Zone Hardiness: 7-9
Light: Full Shade, Part Shade, Part Sun
Height: 4-6'
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: Green
Class: Evergreen
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Spring
Soil Moisture: Moist, Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits:
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Cool shady places at elevations of 1100-2900m in Nepal. Forests and thickets at elevations of 700-3000m.
Award: GPP
Geogrpahical Origin: Asia and the Pacific - Asia - China and Japan
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