Gibraltar Bush Clover

Are you crazy busy with your career, family, friends, volunteering and self-improvement projects? Gift yourself a calm space to breath with a restorative, low-maintenance landscape.

Build out your space with rugged plants that put on a dependable—and very charming—display. Count on Gibraltar Bush Clover (Lespedeza thunbergii 'Gibraltar') for high performance, enchanting color and airy, breezy texture.

This woody deciduous perennial plant requires a single pruning cut to the ground in early spring. After that, you'll enjoy an amazing fountain of cool toned, blue-green, lance-shaped foliage throughout the hot summer months.

Gibraltar Bush Clover has an arching, fountain-like nature and spreads wide to fill in bare ground. Use Gibraltar Bush Clover en masse to create a lush, vibrant landscape with very low effort.

They are adaptable to a variety of conditions. Once it is established, it even tolerates drought!

As the growing season starts winding down, the real show starts happening. Delicate, pea-shaped, rosy purple-pink racemes of blossoms create long panicles that blanket the long, arching branches.

They'll look like a flowering waterfall in your yard!

Gain an amazing ornamental feature at this special time of year without any special care. Even after the blooms are past, attractive seedpods form.

Leave these unique plants standing overwinter for an incredible decorative touch. You'll love how their vase-shaped form gleams with frosty rime ice and sculpts light snowfall.

Outstanding spreading habit, showy form, blue-green foliage, exquisite flowers and decorative seedpods make Gibraltar Bush Clover an excellent choice for a very stylish, modern landscape.

You won't find a more impressive "waterfall of flowers" for your fall landscape. Order the enticing Gibraltar Bush Clover from our plant experts today!

How to Use Gibraltar Bush Clover in the Landscape

Add interest and fine-texture to your hot, dry areas. Plant these delightful plants in a mass planting to spread together and touch.

Stabilize your sloping ground with a gorgeous planting...it's far safer than trying to mow it! Plant them three feet apart on center, staggering a second row behind them for a quick fill.

Use in your mixed borders. They partner well with Prairie-style perennials, who also require full sun and well-drained soil.

For a modern look, you can rely solely on single-species plantings of these durable flowering plants. They can be outlined in Boxwood for a fresh take on traditional, as well.

These nitrogen-fixing plants improve your soil and bring beneficial nectar to pollinators. If you have an annual veggie garden, use them nearby to support your "Second Planting" of the season.

Try a row of Gibraltar Bush Clover along your property line, or to decorate the outside of fences. Let them cascade over rocks.

Use them on the sunny side of mature evergreen trees and shrubs to enliven their looks. They'll also soften the top of retaining walls with easy charm.

#ProPlantTips for Care

Give this sun-lover at least six hours of full sunlight a day. It's adaptive to a variety of conditions, but does need soils that drain quickly after a rainfall.

For the first year, pay close attention to watering. They will be establishing their roots into your soil at that time, and need consistent moisture.

Cut them back to the ground in early spring. Gibraltar blooms on new wood, so cutting it back to the ground not only presents a clean appearance for winter but also encourages new growth in spring.

Make the most out of your property investment. Create a handsome, hard-working space for you, your family and friends to enjoy. Order Gibraltar Bush Clover today!