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New To Me! Lespedeza thunbergii – Thunberg’s bush clover

April 9, 2010

The plant world is wide and vast and I just when I think I know a little about a lot I find something I know absolutely nothing about at all.  Like this morning…I discovered online the Lespedeza thunbergii – never heard of it before — not sure I have seen it either.


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I am trying to find one locally and if I can’t, then I’m going to order one from Plant Delights.

It blooms late in the summer and some people describe it’s flowers like a fall wisteria.  I love the weeping cascade of flowers and given that it doesn’t need a lot of water or great soil, I am sure it will find a happy place in my garden.


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Have you grown is plant in zone 5 or 6?  I am curious about your experiences….I would love to include this in some of my planting plans….and want to make sure it is a winner before spending my clients money.

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  1. laura says:

    i haven’t grown it, but look at awaytogarden.com she loves it

  2. Andrew says:

    Definitely a winner. Margaret Roach has grown it in her Zone 5 garden for many years, they have some great shrubs at Wave Hill in NY, and a guy from Chanticleer who did a lecture on tough-as-nails plants at NE Grows this year included it in that list — it’ll grow anywhere, just make sure you plant it where you want it, because it develops a DEEP taproot, he said.

    That said, it’s tough to find in the trade locally! If you ever make it down so far as Avant Gardens, they sell it, although it looks like they only have the white variety at the moment. Widely available mail order. I’m planting it this year too.

  3. Pottering Around says:

    I have one in our garden which is a few years old and is being crowded out by Annabelle Hydrangeas but still kind of forces its way through. It very pretty with sweet pea-like flowers on graceful fountain like branches clothed with smooth pea-like foliage. It dies back to the ground in fall emerging in late spring and it should be cut back hard in late winter but I have never done this and it still comes back. It blooms late season August-September which is nice. I’ve not put it in a client’s garden (I actually don’t know why, maybe I will this year) but I am sure you clients will like it – it is certainly unusual and blooms profusely. Btw I am in Zone 5 and it seems to be readily available around here.

  4. I got one at my local plant sale last year but I am not sure it survived the winter.

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