Diervilla x splendens Mountaineer® Calico Red (`Nondero’)
Blooming Time
Exposure
Mountaineer® Calico Red displays the most amazing red-tipped, chartreuse foliage. Truly two-tone, this hardy, colorful Hortech Original Nativar is a lovely substitute for mid-sized shrubby exotics such as Spirea and Weigela. A quick maturing plant, it brings color from spring to fall and nice texture in winter, and during early to mid summer, it blooms with yellow trumpet-shaped flowers. For use in sun or shade, Calico Red looks natural in our North American landscape and can be used as a hedge, specimen, soil stabilizer, or bank cover and grows well in any well drained soil.
Details
Hardiness Zone:
Blossom Color:
Yellow to Chartreuse
Growth Habit:
Shrubby
Max Height:
4'
Texture:
Recommended Spacing:
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Special Characteristics
Features
Mountaineer® Calico Red displays the most amazing, truly two-tone, red-tipped, chartreuse foliage
Landscape Value
Calico Red looks natural in our North American landscape and can be used as a hedge, specimen, soil stabilizer, or bank cover and grows well in any well drained soil.
Care
Watering:
Mountaineer® Calico Red Bush Honeysuckle is moderately drought tolerant but benefits from occasional watering, to maintain soil in a moist but not wet condition, during the summer months.
Fertilizing:
Mountaineer® Calico Red Bush Honeysuckle is a moderate feeder, benefiting from a couple of annual applications of slow release fertilizer. A spring application of a 3-1-2 ratio (such as a 15-5-10) can be applied at a rate of about 10 pounds per 1000 square feet, and during early fall, an application of a 2-1-2 ratio (such as a 10-5-10) can be applied to encourage root development and cold hardiness.
Pruning:
Mountaineer® Calico Red Bush Honeysuckle sets its flower buds in summer, and any pruning should be conducted in April, immediately after winter.