Plant Lespedeza 'Gibraltar' where you can appreciate its graceful, fountain-like habit and late-season color. This dieback shrub grows quickly each season, sending up arching stems clothed in bluish-green, trifoliate foliage and covered with rosy-purple, pea-shaped flowers from late summer into early fall. The effect is especially striking when the stems can drape and cascade, such as near a low wall, raised bed, or at the front edge of a mixed border.

Give your plant a sunny to lightly shaded spot for best flowering. Full sun is ideal, but it also performs in part shade. Provide good drainage; it adapts to many soil textures as long as water does not sit around the roots. Once established, it handles drier periods well, making it a strong choice for sunny banks and slopes where a broad, arching silhouette helps soften hard lines in the landscape.

Plan on annual maintenance: prune back in late winter to early spring before new growth begins, since it blooms on new wood. In colder areas, the top growth may die back in winter and regrow vigorously in spring. Allow enough room for a mature spread, and keep an eye on self-seeding or stems that touch down and root if you want a tidier outline.

Specifications

• Cold hardiness zone: 5-8 (-20 degrees F) - Contact your local extension to confirm hardiness if you are in a fringe zone (we cannot guarantee hardiness in fringe zones)
• Light: Full sun   Part sun
• Mature height: 60-72"
• Spread: 60-72"
• Tolerant of: Drought
• Attracts: Butterflies, Hummingbirds
• Cascades: Yes
• Good for borders & edging: Yes
• Good for slopes: Yes

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