About
A versatile shrub, reaching 60-120cm, with a compact framework. It displays colourful flowers.
About the genus
Schisandra are deciduous or evergreen, monoecious or dioecious, twining shrubs. Leaves are alternate on slender stalks. Flowers are solitary or in small clusters, borne in the leaf axils, and sepals and petals are indistinguishable. In female flowers the carpels are densely packed into a head, but as they ripen they elongate, eventually forming a spike several inches long
Plant details
Suggested usesBorders, mixed plantings
Care notes
CultivationFertile, well-drained soil
PruningPrune after flowering
PropagationSemi-ripe cuttings
Pest resistanceTrouble-free
Disease resistanceMildew in dry conditions