A Great Plant For Sellersville - the Burning Bush
A deciduous shrub from the Staff-Tree Family (Celastraceae)
The burning bush grows well in most areas of Sellersville ,
Bucks County Pa. Burning Bush, a non-native species from China
and Korea, has escaped from the ornamental plantings into urban
and rural areas. It travels by way of its seed. This plant is
found in forests and brushy areas. This vase-shaped shrub has
great red fall foliage, which glows for weeks in early to
mid-autumn. Burning Bushes can be sheared into hedges or globes
in landscape plantings. Hedges from burning bushes can be very
dense giving good screening even in the winter. If left
unpruned, the compact form of Burning Bush will grow to about 12
feet tall and 15 feet wide, and the winged form will grow to
about 15 feet tall and 20 feet wide. In our area it propagates
naturally in shaded areas. We obtain some of our stock from
seedlings we gather from a small farm cemetery on our property.
It even regrows after transplanting from the empty holes where
roots are exposed. Burning Bush is adaptable to a variety of
soil conditions. Fertile to sterile, organic to clay, acidic to
alkaline, rocky to sandy this plant proves its strenght. It does
not like wet soils, but does well in dry soils. Its small
fiberous roots are near the surface and responds well to root
pruning. Balling and burlapping this shrub does little damage
for the plant can take abuse and recover quickly. If you have a
brown thumb, then this plant is for you. You can see more of
Bill's planting tips and articles at http://www.seedlingsrus.com
or http://www.zone5trees.com