stachyurus
Stachyurus praecox
RHS AGM 1993, RHS Plants for Pollinators
USDA zones6 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size4 to 10 feet tall3 to 8 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Arching
- Bloom season
- Spring, winter
- Bloom color
- Yellow-green
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Stachyurus (Stachyurus praecox) is a shrub for borders, foundation plantings, and low maintenance gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows in an arching shape and reaches 4 to 10 feet tall. Yellow-green flowers hang from the bare stems in winter and spring, and bees visit them.
Pairs well with Japanese maple, Abiqua Drinking Gourd hosta, and Fountain grass.
Native range
Asia and Ogasawara-shoto.