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A bushy shrub with dark green foliage, often used for borders and hedging. The white, late spring flowers are held on small panicles. This plant is easy to grow. It prefers full sun to part shade and most soils. Shear after flowering as needed for form....
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Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Scarletta’
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A slow growing compact shrub with glossy dark green foliage that is deep red when young. Blooms in spring are white, and resemble lily of the valley. The winter foliage color is deep burgundy. It needs part to full shade, and a moist, acidic well-drained soil. Use in the woodland garden, in a shady...
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Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Rainbow’
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A slow growing shrub with gracefully arching branches. New leaves are bronze with pinkish mottling, turning dark glossy green with creamy variegation. It has fragrant white flowers. Prefers shade and moist soils, in part shade to part sun. Use in borders or for naturalizing. The species is native to the southeast of the U.S....
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Leucothoe axillaris
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An evergreen shrub with arching branches, and leathery, shiny dark green leaves in the summer. In spring, clusters of white urn-shaped flowers appear, hanging beneath the branches. The fall and winter color is purple-red. It is a native to Virginia south in the Eastern U.S. It will grow in average, medium moisture, well-drained, preferably...
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