Adina pilulifera Groundcover Shrubs Among Les Jury's introductions

Among Les Jury's introductions

Give 'Tangerine Beauty' a sturdy fence

the blue wood sedge knits into low colonies along a shaded path

where steady moisture brings out the fine texture

and the flowers keep coming for months

Adina pilulifera Groundcover Shrubs Among Les Jury's introductionsA medium sized evergreen shrub still little known in cultivation, Adina pilulifera carries small, glossy leaves and, in midsummer, round white flower heads about an inch across, each bristling with protruding styles like a tiny Sputnik. The effect is curious and charming, a pincushion of white set among shining foliage, and the evergreen habit earns the shrub a place where the deciduous buttonbushes leave a winter gap. Native from southern China and