Drooping Leucothoe
Rainbow grows 34 feet high has leaves marked.
Drooping leucothoe. Spreads from underground stems. Leucothoe prefers part to full shade and moist but well drained soil. Leucothoe fontanesiana rainbow sku 5775 gracefully arching striking red stems with colorful creamy white and green mottled foliage with scarlet accents. 3 to 6 tall with equal spread. Phonetic spelling loo koh thoh ee fon tah neh see ay nah this plant has high severity poison characteristics. Alternate leaves 2 5 long. Mountainous regions of southeastern u s.
It s also deer resistant. From late april into june bell shaped white flowers that are almost fluorescent appear in the leaf axils. Leucothoe fontanesiana commonly called drooping laurel is a suckering multi stemmed broadleaf evergreen shrub with arching branches that is native to moist forested mountain areas dense thickets stream banks and ravines from new york south to alabama and georgia primarily in the appalachian mountains. It has gracefully arching branches that hold up its colorfully variegated foliage. Its spreading arching branches droop with the weight of the pendulous fragrant clusters of creamy white flowers. Slow grower to 26 feet high and wide. It also has pretty drooping white urn shaped flowers in clusters that will bloom in spring.
Showy drooping clusters of white flowers add a nice touch to cut arrangements. Rollison drooping leucothoe leucothoe fontanesiana rollisonii also called fetterbush or doghobble is a 3 to 6 foot evergreen shrub with drooping white flowers that appear in clusters in. Blooms in spring bearing drooping clusters of slightly fragrant flowers. Drooping leucothoe leucothoe fontanesiana. A suckering colonizing shrub. Zone 4 to 6. Native to southeastern u s.
Consider leucothoe fontanesiana as a border shrub or for a woodland garden. Mountain doghobble is a 3 to 6 feet tall evergreen shrub with sharply toothed leaves on arching stems. Leucothoe fontanesiana rainbow can grow to a height of 6 feet and spread just as wide. Rainbow drooping leucothoe is a great evergreen shrub to add to your landscape. Often found in cool shady ravines along streams. Graceful arching stems. Stout stems from the base limited lateral branches.
Drooping leucothoe fetterbush ericaceae. Rainbow drooping leucothoe can be used as a hedge or pruned to stay. Leathery 3 to 6 inches long leaves turn bronzy purple in fall bronzy green in deep shade. It usually reaches three to six feet in height and width.