Scientific Name:	Lespedeza thunbergii
Pronunciation:	less-pe-DEEZ-ah THOON-burg-ee-eye
Common Name:	purple bush clover
Family Name:	Fabaceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial, Shrub - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Long, leggy, arching bush; leaves are compound with 3 leaflets arranged in a 'T'; flowers pea-like, purple-pink.
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Arching, Open, Spreading, Upright Form: Round Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 1.3 - 2.0m Spread: 1.5 - 2.0m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: Hardiness Rating: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 C) Exposure: Filtered shade, Full sun, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Water Use: Low Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Aquatic - ponds, Cut flower or foliage, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Specimen plant, Summer interest, Tall background Additional Info: Google Images

Leaf Morphology: Form: Compound Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous Compound Leaf: Trifoliate (ternate) Colour in Summer: Bluish, Green Colour in Fall: Bluish Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Oblong, Ovate Apices: Acute, Mucronate Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Raceme Flower Morphology: Corolla Shape: Bilabiate Colour (petals): Showy, Pink, Purple Flower Scent: Musky Flower Time at Peak: Aug, Sep

Fruit Type: Legume Fruit Colour: Brown Fruiting Time: Oct Additional Info: Not showy

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Root nodules (N-fixing), Storage tap root

Propagation:	Seed, Softwood cuttings, Division - above ground parts
Plant Care:
Maintenance:	Low
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant, Drought resistant

Location(s): (GAZ) GAZebo (GAZE) GAZebo East : q.1 Location Map

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