Dipelta
- Height × spread
- 3m – 4.5m × 2m – 2.5m
- Position
- Tolerates full sun, tolerates part shade, likes light shade
Availability
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About this plant
These form good sized shrubs that are very beautiful when covered in their clusters of tubular, open faced flowers in late spring or early summer. The flowers are in shades of cream, rose and white and make a superb display. The flowers of Dipelta floribunda are sweetly fragrant, whilst Dipelta yunnanensis has an attractive growth habit. The spent flowers will surprise with their curious rounded fruits - not unlike those of the popular honesty (Lunaria). Give these a sunny position on fertile soil. Take out a few of the oldest stems, as soon as flowering has finished.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- Yes, some varieties
- Shape
- Oval
- Height
- 3m – 4.5m
- Spread
- 2m – 2.5m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Winter garden, Scented garden
- Sun or shade
- Tolerates full sun, tolerates part shade, likes light shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Structural, Coloured stems
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed young plants with slow release fertiliser
Spread a slow release fertiliser around the base of the plant to the edge of the foliage spread, so that it can feed the roots. It is helpful for this to be applied for several years.
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost until the plant becomes well established.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water to keep the soil moist
For best results, this plant needs soil that is always moist. Water deeply and regularly as soon as soil appears dry. Even for established plants in the ground, a dry week can cause problems with some soils. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather. Or install an automatic irrigation system which will do the hard work for you, even when you are away on holiday.
Without regular watering some plants never fully regain their beauty.
Planting & general
Planting
Prune after flowering
When the plant has flowered, cut all the flowered shoots back to healthy buds that are lower on the stems. When the plant is established, take out a quarter of the oldest branches to the ground at this time.