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Michael Dirr
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Origin:
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mountains and hills from Pennsylvania to Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee
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Partial/Full shade.
Moderate climate.
Dirr says: "Prefers partial shade."
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Climate / Hardiness Zones:
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Zone 5 to Zone 7
Dirr says: "Cappiello, University of Maine, Orono, reported outright kill of the species but no damage to 'Margothy Creek'. Another ericaceous plant which requires cultural manipulation if success is to be had; requires an acid, loose, well-drained soil supplied with organic matter."
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Growth:
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Range: Grows to 5'.
Dirr says: "6 to 18" high, spreading indefinitely; dwarf evergreen shrub spreading by underground rootstocks and forming a solid mat or dense, broad mound."
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Flowers:
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Color(s): Pink, White
Season(s):
Late Spring, Early Summer
Dirr says: "self-sterile but cross-fertile, 1/4" long, urn-shaped, May through early June; borne in short few-flowered racemes near the end of the shoot."
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Foliage:
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Broadleaf Evergreen
Color:
Leaves are dark green in the summer and orange and purple in the fall.
Dirr says: "glossy, although when grown in full sun often has reddish cast on dark green foliage; becoming deep bronze to reddish purple in winter."
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Fruit:
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Color:
Blue
Season(s):
Summer
Dirr says: "berry-like drupe, bluish, ripening in July - August"
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Landscape Value:
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Can be used as a container plant.
Dirr says: "A very lovely, intriguing evergreen ground cover well-suited to areas underneath pine trees and rhododendrons where the soil is acid and well-drained. A rare American plant, lost to American gardens for a time, but was reintroduced through the efforts of the Arnold Arboretum, Boston, MA. It has been theorized that one particular stand (colony) in central Pennsylvania covering an area of 300 acreas and a mile long originated from one plant and is over 12,000-years-old; true?"
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Other:
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Is Resistant to Disease
Is Resistant to Insects
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Other Gaylussacia brachycera References & Articles:
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Gaylussacia brachycera is hardy in these areas:| Allegan, MI | Allentown, PA | Alsip, IL | | Athens, MI | Augusta, MI | Baltimore, MD | | Bangor, MI | Battle Creek, MI | Bayside, NY | | Bellmore, NY | Bellport, NY | Bethpage, NY | | Blue Point, NY | Bohemia, NY | Brentwood, NY | | Brightwaters, NY | Bronxville, NY | Brookhaven, NY | | Canton, MI | Channahon, IL | Charlottesville, VA | | Chicago Heights, IL | Chicago Ridge, IL | Chicago, IL | | Cicero, IL | Cleveland, OH | Coal City, IL | | College Point, NY | Conneaut, OH | Corona, NY | | Crete, IL | Detroit, MI | Dewitt, MI | | Dimondale, MI | Dolton, IL | Dorset, OH | | Eagle, MI | East Claridon, OH | East Elmhurst, NY | | East Greenville, PA | East Lansing, MI | East Texas, PA | | Eastchester, NY | Easton, PA | Eaton Rapids, MI | | Ecorse, MI | Edmore, MI | Elkins Park, PA | | Elmhurst, NY | Elmwood Park, IL | Elyria, OH | | Emmaus, PA | Evergreen Park, IL | Ferndale, MI | | Flushing, NY | Forest Hills, NY | Fort Eustis, VA | | Fresh Meadows, NY | Glen Burnie, MD | Grand Rapids, MI | | Greenlawn, NY | Gwynn Oak, MD | Hamtramck, MI | | Harper Woods, MI | Harrison Township, MI | Hastings On hudson, NY | | Highland Park, MI | Holbrook, NY | Holtsville, NY | | Hunt Valley, MD | Huntington Station, NY | Huntington, NY | | Islandia, NY | Jackson Heights, NY | Kalamazoo, MI | | Lakewood, OH | Landisburg, PA | Lawn, PA | | Leasburg, NC | Lebanon, PA | Lemoyne, PA | | Lewistown, PA | Lexington, NC | Liberty, NC | | Linwood, NC | Little Neck, NY | Liverpool, PA | | Loysville, PA | Lykens, PA | Macomb, MI | | Marysville, MI | Maspeth, NY | Mcalisterville, PA | | Melville, NY | Memphis, MI | Memphis, TN | | Mentor, OH | Middle Village, NY | Middlefield, OH | | Montville, OH |
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