French hybrid sackling
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The French Hybrid Ceanothus ( Ceanothus × delilianus ) is a hybrid in species rank from the kind of ceanothus ( Ceanothus ) in the family of the Buckthorn family . The hybrid used as an ornamental shrub originated in France as a cross between the American species Ceanothus americanus and Ceanothus coeruleus and is considered the hardest garden form of the genus .
description
The French hybrid sackflower grows as a small, upright, loose shrub and is up to 1.5 meters high and wide. The main root is strong, not very branched, and spread out flat. Its leaves are deciduous , elliptical , alternate , 4 to 8 centimeters long, dark green and tomentose below. The flowering of the somewhat frost-sensitive shrub appears on the annual wood. The purple to powder blue flowers (flowering period July to October) are in large, branched, paniculate inflorescences.
Location as an ornamental plant
The French hybrid sacrum requires light to medium-heavy, calcareous and well draining soils in full sun, warm, protected locations.
Web links
- SysTax entry Ceanothus × delilianus from Ulm University
- In the French generic article Céanothe , the garden hybrids are treated in detail.
- Urban vegetation of the University of Marburg
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Zander : Zander. Concise dictionary of plant names. Edited by Walter Erhardt , Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold . 17th edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3573-6 .