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Chinese Fairy Bells Moonlight in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

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

 
plant Features
  • Chinese Fairy Bells Moonlight likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Chinese Fairy Bells Moonlight likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Chinese Fairy Bells Moonlight is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Chinese Fairy Bells Moonlight likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Chinese Fairy Bells 'Moonlight'

Latin name

Disporum cantoniense 'Moonlight'

type

Perennial

family

Colchicaceae

ph

5.5 - 7.3 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Chinese Fairy Bells Moonlight likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Frost

    Chinese Fairy Bells Moonlight is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Chinese Fairy Bells Moonlight likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Chinese Fairy Bells Moonlight 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 Chinese Fairy Bells Moonlight is 0.30meters x 0.60meters 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

 
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