Disporum cantoniense 'Moonlight'
Chinese Fairy Bells 'Moonlight'
Disporum are rhizomatous perennials. They have alternate leaves on sparsely branched stems, and in Spring bear solitary or clustered, nodding tubular or bell-shaped flowers in the leaf axils. The flowers are followed by berries. Disporum cantoniense 'Moonlight' gets its name from its variegated silvery-white and green leaves. 'Moonlight' has a compact growth habit. In late Spring into Summer arching stems with clusters of small flowers appear. In Autumn the foliage changes colour to pinkish purple
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Partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and free draining
Common name
Chinese Fairy Bells 'Moonlight'
Latin name
Disporum cantoniense 'Moonlight'
type
Perennial
family
Colchicaceae
ph
5.5 - 7.3 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and free draining
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Water
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
0.30 M
0.60 M
Disporum cantoniense 'Moonlight'
Disporum are rhizomatous perennials. They have alternate leaves on sparsely branched stems, and in Spring bear solitary or clustered, nodding tubular or bell-shaped flowers in the leaf axils. The flowers are followed by berries. Disporum cantoniense 'Moonlight' gets its name from its variegated silvery-white and green leaves. 'Moonlight' has a compact growth habit. In late Spring into Summer arching stems with clusters of small flowers appear. In Autumn the foliage changes colour to pinkish purple
Flowering
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
The clusters of pendent tubular flowers open in Spring, and are followed by black fruit
Planting
From Early Spring TO Late Spring
Plant in cool, humus-rich soil, that is moist but well drained, neutral to acid, in a partially shaded site
Propagating by division
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Divide the roots, by digging up the whole plant, and pulling or cutting apart into divisions that can be replanted straight away, before growth starts in Spring, or just as it has started growing