Rose of Sharon White Pillar

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Landscape Qualities

White Pillar Rose of Sharon is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. Its average texture blends into the landscape | but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Ornamental Qualities

White Pillar Rose of Sharon features bold white trumpet-shaped flowers along the branches from mid summer to early fall | which emerge from distinctive buttery yellow flower buds. It has green deciduous foliage. The lobed leaves do not develop any appreciable fall color.

Planting and Growing

White Pillar Rose of Sharon will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity | with a spread of 4 feet. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant | individual plants should be spaced approximately 3 feet apart. It tends to be a little leggy | with a typical clearance of 2 feet from the ground | and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate | and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions | and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone over the growing season to conserve soil moisture. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

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