{"id":6840,"date":"2016-02-11T01:00:30","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=6840"},"modified":"2016-02-11T12:27:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T17:27:34","slug":"distyliums-as-cherry-laurel-or-holly-substitute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2016\/02\/11\/distyliums-as-cherry-laurel-or-holly-substitute\/","title":{"rendered":"Distyliums As Cherry Laurel Or Holly Substitute"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Distylium<\/a>

Distylium Emerald Heights at Atlanta Botanical Garden<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Boxwood<\/a>

Boxwood like foliage of\u00a0 Emerald Heights Distylium<\/p><\/div>\n

Hybrid distyliums (Distylium<\/i> myricoides\u00a0<\/i>\u00d7 racemosum<\/i>) are compact evergreen shrubs for full sun to partial shade USDA hardiness zones\u00a07 to 9. They are heat and drought tolerant, and are\u00a0not fussy, growing in\u00a0average soil with subpar drainage.<\/p>\n

Distyliums are members of the witchhazel family (Hamamelidaceae). Their\u00a0tiny\u00a0reddish-maroon flowers appear in late January through March, but\u00a0offer\u00a0little\u00a0ornamental value in the winter landscape. Current hybrid selections are favored for their compact growth habit, burgundy new foliage color.\u00a0 Annual growth rate averages 8-10 inches.\u00a0Distyliums serve as alternatives for time-honored evergreen foundation shrubs such as\u00a0cherry laurels (Prunus laurocerasus<\/i>), junipers (Juniperus spp<\/i>.), hollies (Ilex spp<\/i>.), and boxwoods (Buxus spp<\/em>.).<\/p>\n

Space plants 2 to 4 feet apart (depending on cultivar and intended use in the landscape) as a specimen, low hedge or a groundcover. <\/b>In early spring feed distyliums with water soluble (Miracle Gro, Peters, Jacks, or Daniels brand names) or granular fertilizers such as generic 10-10-10 or Holly Tone\u2122 are applied according to package recommendations for evergreen shrubs. Distyliums\u00a0possess exceptional disease and pest resistances.<\/p>\n

These four patented cultivars are now offered:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blue Cascade\u00ae features a matte blue-green foliage with a cascading, layered branching; shrub grows 3 feet wide and 4 feet wide.<\/b><\/p>\n

Emerald Heights\u00ae offers dark green, dense glossy foliage on a compact shrub with upright branching; shrub grows 5 feet tall and 5 feet wide.<\/p>\n

Vintage Jade\u00ae is a compact, low-spreading mounding shrub with an arched branching habit and dark green foliage; shrub\u00a0grows 2 feet high and 5 feet wide.<\/p>\n

Coppertone\u00ae is\u00a0a medium spreading selection with coppery new spring foliage;\u00a0shrub grows 3-4 feet high and 4-5 feet wide.<\/p>\n

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Hybrid distyliums (Distylium myricoides\u00a0\u00d7 racemosum) are compact evergreen shrubs for full sun to partial shade USDA hardiness zones\u00a07 to 9. They are heat and drought tolerant, and are\u00a0not fussy, growing in\u00a0average soil with subpar drainage. Distyliums are members of the witchhazel family (Hamamelidaceae). Their\u00a0tiny\u00a0reddish-maroon flowers appear in late January through March, but\u00a0offer\u00a0little\u00a0ornamental value in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,873,982,299,710,144,674,1171,806,800,604,665,628,774,686,639,551,843,1060,630,646,7,231,708,655,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6840"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6840"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8639,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6840\/revisions\/8639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}