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Sweet Pea Shrub in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Polygala Dalmaisiana

 

Sweet Pea Shrub

Polygala can be annuals, evergreen perennials or shrubs. The leaves are simple, and the pea-like flowers appear in clusters in Spring. In fact the flowers are different from pea flowers in that they lack the standard, and have two wings and a keel. Polygala. x dalmaisiana is a bushy evergreen shrub that grows to 1.5m, It has dark green, oval leaves and terminal clusters of red-purple flowers in Summer and Autumn.

 
plant Features
  • Sweet Pea Shrub likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Sweet Pea Shrub likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Sweet Pea Shrub is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Sweet Pea Shrub likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Sweet Pea Shrub

Latin name

Polygala Dalmaisiana

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Polygalaceae

ph

5.5 - 8.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Sweet Pea Shrub likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Sweet Pea Shrub is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    Sweet Pea Shrub likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Sweet Pea Shrub likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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    When the plant will bloom

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Sweet Pea Shrub is 1.25meters x 1.50meters 1.25 M 1.50 M

Polygala Dalmaisiana

Polygala can be annuals, evergreen perennials or shrubs. The leaves are simple, and the pea-like flowers appear in clusters in Spring. In fact the flowers are different from pea flowers in that they lack the standard, and have two wings and a keel. Polygala. x dalmaisiana is a bushy evergreen shrub that grows to 1.5m, It has dark green, oval leaves and terminal clusters of red-purple flowers in Summer and Autumn.


Flowering

From Early Spring TO Early Autumn

Clusters of somewhat pea-like purple, or pink flowers appear, in Spring, Summer and Autumn

 

Planting

From Mid Spring TO Late Spring

Plant in moist, fairly fertile, free-draining soil in a sheltered sunny or partially sunny site. Not frost hardy, so in cooler climes protect from frost, or grow in a container so that it can be brought indoors in colder months.

 

Propagating by cuttings

From Early Autumn TO Mid Autumn

Take semi- ripe cuttings from this season's growth in Autumn. Cut neatly, just below a leaf node, a 5" approx. piece of a healthy shoot that has soft growth at the tip. pinch out the growing tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)

 
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