| Botanical name | Rhaphiolepis x delacourii 'Kruschenia' |
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| Plant Care |  Full Sun Full Sun – Prefers 6 or more hours of sun per day.  Half Sun Half Sun – Prefers 3 To 6 Hours of Sunlight a Day.  Frost Hardy Frost Hardy – Can Handle frost without damage.  Low Watering Low Watering – Requires Little Water.  Pruning Required Pruning Required – Needs to be Pruned. |
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| Flowers | This is an exciting cultivar that becomes covered with flowers in August and continues flowering for two months. |
| Common name(s) | Kruschen's pink, Indian hawthorn |
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| Uses in landscape design | One of the best shrubs for coastal gardens in the Cape, as it is drought tolerant and withstands wind and heat. It makes a lovely informal hedge or screen. It is an excellent plant for containers. Flowering branches are good material for the vase. |
| Planting instructions | Planting: It prefers fertile soil. Dig a hole 60cm square and deep. Mix two thirds of topsoil with one third compost in the bottom of the hole, add one cup of bone meal or superphosphate and mix well. |
| Interesting info | This flower continues to flower for two months. One of the best shrubs for coastal gardens in the Cape, as it is drought tolerant and withstands wind and heat. |
| Recommended varieties | ‘Alba’ grows to 80cm tall and bears white, star-shaped flowers in spring. ‘Enchantress’, a small shrub, has clusters of rose-pink flowers from late winter till early summer. |
| Plant features | Tolerates heat , Tolerates windy conditions |
Rhaphiolepis x delacourii 'Kruschenia' (Kruschen's pink, Indian hawthorn)
- Botanical name: Rhaphiolepis x delacourii 'Kruschenia'
- Common name(s): Kruschen's pink, Indian hawthorn
- Categories: Shrubs and Perennials
Plant description:
This beautiful, rounded shrub has dense, shiny, dark green, leathery foliage. An exciting cultivar that becomes covered with flowers in August and continues flowering for two months. New spring foliage has a lovely red colour. Drought resistant, and able to withstand both wind and heat. It is slow growing. Flowers are followed by blue-black berries. The smaller R. x delacourii ‘Enchantress’ bears clusters of rose-pink flowers from late winter through to early summer.
Family: Rosaceae
Botanical Pronunciation: raf-ee-oh-LEP-iss
Rhaphiolepis x delacourii 'Kruschenia' requirements and features
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This is an exciting cultivar that becomes covered with flowers in August and continues flowering for two months.
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