Sageretia theezans Richard Lynch mulched with pine straw to

mulched with pine straw to keep the shallow roots cool

feeding hummingbirds

Give full sun and moist to wet ground

and the leathery

This plant grows well in southern zones and performs best in full sun with support

Sageretia theezans Richard Lynch mulched with pine straw toSageretia theezans, the Chinese sweet plum, is a graceful evergreen shrub of the buckthorn family, native to southern China, where the plant grows to some three to eight feet with fine, zigzagging branches, small glossy leaves, and a handsome flaking, multicolored trunk. New growth often emerges bronze before settling to deep green, and in the mild winter gardens that suit the species the foliage holds the year round, giving a dense, fine textured