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What does semi-evergreen mean?
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Posted by BabyHelpful z6a Ohio (My Page) on Wed, Jun 1, 05 at 12:42
| I'm a bit confused by this term. When a groundcover is said to be semi-evergreen, like creeping phlox or barren strawberry, does it turn bronze all winter, or does it lose it's leaves in some climates and retain them in others? Or something else entirely? Please help me get a handle on this! |
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- Posted by Ron_B USDA 8 WA (My Page) on
Wed, Jun 1, 05 at 15:50
| Part of the leaves drop in autumn. |
RE: What does semi-evergreen mean?
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| How it looks depends on the severity of the winter. If it's mild, it'll keep it's leaves and/or look good all winter. If it's nasty, the plant will not be prime all year. My strawberry stays green all year, but it is much smaller in the winter. It perks up and is going gangbusters now. Creeping phlox gets a bit ratty towards the end of winter (don't we all?). I've found that the blue flowered one holds better color through the winter than the other colors, for some reason. My St. Johns wort, semi evergreen, my foot! It was brown as toast all winter. My abelia- semi-evergreen- it keeps some leaves. Does that help? |
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