Diervilla x splendens Mountaineer® Calico Orange (`Nonegna’)
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A Hortech Original Nativar, Diervilla x splendens Mountaineer® Calico Orange displays lovely orange-tipped yellow foliage and is an excellent substitute for Spirea or Weigela, Calico Orange boasts decorative foliage from spring to fall and great texture during winter, and during early to mid-summer it bears yellow trumpet-shaped flowers. Calico Orange is uniquely colored, American in origin, and useful 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
Lovely orange-tipped yellow foliage from spring to fall and great texture during winter.
Landscape Value
Useful as a hedge, specimen, soil stabilizer, or bank cover and grows well in any well drained soil.
Care
Watering:
Mountaineer® Calico Orange 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 Orange 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 Orange Bush Honeysuckle sets its flower buds in summer, and any pruning should be conducted in April, immediately after winter.