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Lychium chinense

Wolfberry

Plant Type:

DECIDUOUS SHRUBS

Lychium chinense – Wolfberry. Small gray-green leaves and purple flowers for a long season are followed with small red berries. Wolfberry can be grown as an open upright shrub with some of its arching branches self-layering where they touch the ground. It can be well-employed as a utilitarian shrub stabilizing embankments sited in full sun to part shade. Plant Lychium chinense in less than fertile soils. It will become an impressive though somewhat coarse shrub in time. Cutting grown.


Height:

7-10 Ft

Spread:

7-10 Ft

Colors:

Purple

Characteristics and Attributes for Lychium chinense

Season of Interest (Flowering)

  • Spring / Summer

Season of Interest (Foliage)

  • Spring / Summer / into Autumn

Autumn Interest

  • Fruit / Berries / Seed Heads

Nature Attraction

  • Honey Bees & Native Bees

Light

  • Mostly Sunny
  • Full Sun

Attributes

  • Drought Tolerant
  • Ground Cover
  • Shrub Border
  • Massing
  • Bank

Growth Rate in the Garden

  • Moderately Fast

Soil

  • Adaptable

Origins

  • China

Propagated By

  • Cutting Grown