Lespedeza bicolor (Shrubby bushclover). This shrub has an upright habit, long racemes of pink and purple, pea-like flowers and rounded, mid-green leaves.
Woody perennial, Deciduous, Shrub
China, Japan, Korea, Manchuria.
Grown as an ornamental, mainly for its flowers. The leaves can be used as a tea substitute. The flowers are attractive to bees.
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This plant has become invasive in S. E. USA. It is drought tolerant and often used as a windbreak and to stop soil erosion.
By seed. Seed needs to be scarified to germinate.
Rabbits and deer
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Lespedeza bicolor is a legume and as such fixes nitrogen and can also be used as fodder for animals and loved by bees.
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