Neviusia alabamensis is a deciduous shrub with an erect habit , 3 to 6 feet in height and spread . The leave are alternative , simple , ovate to ovate - oblong . The branching is open and arching , finally becoming rounded in form . The white flowers are apetalous , with very showy stamens , bear in late spring on 3 to 8 flowered cyme . easygoing to cultivate with no serious disease or pest . Native to Alabama .
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Pruning deciduous shrub can be divided into 4 groups : Those that requireminimal pruning(take out only dead , pathological , damaged , or crossed offshoot , can be done in early spring.);spring pruning(encourages vigorous , new growth which produces summer flowers - in other dustup , flowers seem on new wood);summer pruning after flower(after flowering , tailor back shoots , and take out some of the older increment , down to the ground);suckering drug abuse pruning(flowers look on wood from old yr . Cut back flowered stems by 1/2 , to strong growing new shoots and transfer 1/2 of the flower stems a span of in from the undercoat ) Always take away dead , damaged or morbid wood first , no matter what type of pruning you are doing .
exercise : Minimal : Amelanchier , Aronia , Chimonanthus , Clethra , Cornus alternifolia , Daphne , Fothergilla , Hamamelis , Poncirus , Viburnum . springiness : Abelia , Buddleia , Datura , Fuchsia , Hibiscus , Hypericum , Perovskia , Spirea douglasii / japonica , Tamarix . Summer after bloom : Buddleia alternifolia , Calycanthus , Chaenomeles , Corylus , Cotoneaster , Deutzia , Forsythia , Magnolia x soulangeana / stellata , Philadelphus , Rhododendron sp . , Ribes , Spirea x arguta / prunifolia / thunbergii , Syringa , Weigela . Suckering : KerriaHow - to : Planting ShrubsDig a hole twice the sizing of the beginning ball and cryptic enough to plant at the same level the bush was in the container . If grime is poor , dig hole even wider and fill with a mixture half original soil and half compost or soil amendment .
Carefully hit shrub from container and lightly disjoined roots . Position in center of hole , undecomposed side facing forward . fulfil in with original soil or an improve mixture if call for as described above . For great shrubs , build a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If the industrial plant is balled - and - burlapped , take fasteners and fold back the top of rude gunny , tucking it down into hole , after you ’ve positioned shrub . ensure that all burlap is buried so that it wo n’t wick water away from rootball during blistering , teetotal period . If celluloid gunny , remove if possible . If not potential , cut aside or make dent to grant for roots to evolve into the new soil . For larger bush , make a water well . Finish by mulching and watering well .
If shrub is stark - root , look for a discolouration somewhere near the base ; this Gospel According to Mark is potential where the filth line was . If soil is too sandy or too clayey , bring organic matter . This will help with both drain and piss property capacity . Fill dirt , firm just enough to support shrub . Finish by mulching and watering well .
