Green Cenizo
Green Cenizo
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Leucophyllum frutescens ‘Green Cloud’
‘Green Cloud’ Cenizo, Texas Sage, Barometer Bush
5
–
7 feet
5
–
10 feet
Cultivar
Texas
Full Sun
Low
Evergreen
Flowering
Attracts Pollinators
Birds
Hummingbirds
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About This Plant
Full sun (in shade, cenizo tends to grow leggy.) Evergreen, with smooth, dusty-green leaves that contrast with the typical silverleaf cenizo. Lavender-colored flowers appear sporadically during hot humid weather.
Green Cloud tolerates poor soil, full sun, and drought, and thrives with or without rain. It is among the most drought-tolerant of all large landscape shrubs and makes a useful standard by which others can be measured.
Maintenance
Tip-prune to promote denser growth. Mild hedging or tip pruning in spring and early summer is usually enough to preserve a dense form. Avoid shearing too harshly (see photo.) Overgrown plants can be restarted in April, filling out again by early summer.
Features
Plant Type:
Small Shrub
Size:
5-7' H, 5-10' W
Sunlight Requirements:
Full Sun
Soil Types:
Clay, Sandy, Thin
Wildlife:
Bees, Birds, Hummingbirds, Pollinators
Flower Color:
Lavender
Bloom Time:
Freeze Hardy:
Yes
Invasive:
No
Caution:
None
Coupon Eligible:
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