General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Shrub
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Soil pH Preferences: |
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
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| Maximum recommended zone: |
Zone 7b
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| Plant Height: |
3 to 4 feet |
| Plant Spread: |
4 to 5 feet |
| Leaves: |
Deciduous
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| Flowers: |
Showy
Blooms on new wood
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| Flower Color: |
Pink
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| Flower Time: |
Summer
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| Resistances: |
Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Drought tolerant
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| Propagation: Other methods: |
Cuttings: Stem
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| Pollinators: |
Various insects
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| Miscellaneous: |
Tolerates poor soil
Monoecious
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Posted by
ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Sep 12, 2018 1:30 PM concerning plant:
This "Froebel' cultivar came forth into the nursery industry in the 1980's. I was first told it was an improvement over 'Anthony Waterer' at the nursery where I worked in the west suburbs of Chicago, IL. I would say it isn't. It differs from AW in being a little more upright in habit when young, with longer, narrower, more pointed leaves that turn a fair yellow in the fall, ('AW' gets a good mostly orange or red fall color), and its pink flower clusters are a little smaller but with a deeper, darker pink. Similar cultivars sometimes get mixed up in the nursery trade. I saw 'Froebel' being sold as 'Anthony Waterer' in a certain garden center where I worked part time in southeast PA.
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