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Hardiness: USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
On Sep 23, 2007, bermudakiller from Union Grove, AL wrote:
I raised my plants from seed to be used as a vegtable, not all that good to eat but interesting, especialy the blooms, OK in salads but dull and slightly bitter alone. In it's fourth year it is about 9 feet high and 12 to 15 feet wide, would be taller and narrower if they weren't so loaded with blooms, they are quite bent at the moment, usually a vase shaped plant, but now a coarse fountain effect, it is a fair screen and worth raising for it's ornamental value alone, but not for the small yard. They are in a dry spot, heavily mulched, partialy rotted leaves about 3 inches in depth and get minimal water, but are more attractive when I give them some extra.
On Sep 7, 2006, Entlie from New Bern, NC (Zone 8a) wrote:
I bought this plant at the Tryon Palace historic plant sale in New Bern, NC. two years ago. It is lovely, but needs lots of space for it's beautiful softly cascading branches. I just moved mine, and it had started 6 suckers which were not attached to the main plant. It has been growing gangbusters in an area that was very wet. Now it's in a much drier area so hope it is as successful.
On Jan 8, 2003, Terry from Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a) wrote:
Lespedeza is a woody perennial in warmer climates but often dies back to the rootstock in colder climates (hence the designation as both herbaceous and deciduous.)
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Union Grove, Alabama Saint Petersburg, Florida South Amana, Iowa Silver Spring, Maryland Leeds, Massachusetts Eupora, Mississippi Ramsey, New Jersey New Bern, North Carolina New Philadelphia, Ohio Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania Memphis, Tennessee Houston, Texas (2 reports) San Antonio, Texas Spring, Texas Lexington, Virginia Purcellville, Virginia
6 members have or want this plant for trade.
