Product Description
Ardisia japonica
Japanese ardisia or 'Marlberry'
Zone: (7) 8 to 9.
Light to moderate shade.
Mature size: 8 to 12 inches height.
Evergreen groundcover with small, five-petaled pink to white star-shaped with late spring to late summer flowers. Abundant red berries in the fall. The dark green leaves are heavily serrated on the edges.
Winter hardy to USDA Zones 8-10 where it is easily grown in average, acidic, moist but well-drained soils in part shade to full shade. Low-growing, coarsely-textured, stoloniferous, woody evergreen shrub which spreads by underground runners to produce a succession of upright stems rising to 8-12” tall. Flowers are followed by showy red drupes which ripen to black in fall.
Prefers organically rich soils. Intolerant of dry soils, but avoid wet soils. Spreads slowly by forming a dense mat of foliage. Dark green mature foliage, though new growth in the spring may be light green or bronze. Covering the plants with pine straw will provide added protection to the upper teens, but the mulch layer needs to be removed as soon as cold weather has passed. Variegated cultivars are less cold hardy.
Best Usage: Mass Planting, Shade ground cover near water gardens or ponds
Eighteen (18) plants in 3.5 inch containers per flat (or tray).
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Great shady groundcover
I have these in a number of shady areas in my yard. They spread out to make an attractive and evergreen ground cover. I use them primarily surrounding large trees. I always receive nice plants from Bloomin Designs.