Beesia deltophylla
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• flowering season: late summer
• height: 1½ feet
• Light requirements: shade
• Soil requirements: it likes compost added to its soil although average soil is adequate
• Water requirments: average; be sure to water a young plant regularly its first year
• Growth habit: a slowly expanding clump
• How to propagate: dividing a plant in early summer
• Leaf type: large heart shaped leaves of green with dark shading
• Ways to use it: for a shady garden in the ground or in a pot -- the evergreen leaves are attractive throughout winter in milder climates
• Special characteristics: interesting and beautiful leaves; the pure white flowers show well in the shade
Coming to us from China, this evergreen groundcover needs shade or the leaves will scorch. Otherwise it is undemanding. The leaves are very lustrous and are heart shaped. Their coloring is rich green tinged in muted red. Newly emerging leaves are less green and more this muted reddish-brown. The size of the leaves in our potted plants is two to three inches across. Planted in the ground, an older plant will have leaves up to ten inches. It will reach a size of 1½-feet tall by 2-feet wide. Small and delicate white flowers open in late summer on stems of 1 foot. Would make a good companion in the shady garden for many other perennials such as corydalis, cyclamen and ferns. USDA Zones 6 - 9.