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Thunberg's lespedeza

Lespedeza thunbergii

Also called Pink Cascade, Spring Grove, Summer Beauty, Thunberg's Bush Clover, Bush Clover, Tall Lespedeza

Thunberg's lespedeza
Photo: VoDeTan2, CC BY-SA 3.0

Thunberg's lespedeza is a deciduous perennial shrub in the pea family, grown for its arching stems and late-summer pink-purple flowers. It is hardy and tolerant of poor soil and drought once established.

Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly the first season, then mostly leave it alone except in long droughts.
Soil
Well-drained, average to poor soil; tolerates sand and clay.
Temperature
Hardy to about -25 °C; thrives in temperate summers.
How easy
Easy
Native range
E. Himalaya to C. & S. China and Temp. E. Asia
Climate
temperate

About

Lespedeza thunbergii is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common names Thunberg's bushclover, Thunberg's lespedeza, and shrub lespedeza. It is native to the eastern Himalayas, China, Korea, and Japan.

Other Lespedeza plants

Shrub lespedeza · Bush clovers and lespedezas

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lespedeza thunbergii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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