(Free) Leucothoe Fontanesiana Rainbow Leucothoe

Plant is an easy to care for slow growing multi stemmed evergreen shrub with glossy 3 4 leaves.

Leucothoe fontanesiana rainbow leucothoe. Depending on where you live it might be called a rainbow leucothoe a scarlet fetterbush drooping leucothoe or my favorite plant name of all. Girard s rainbow leucothoe fontanesiana has white pink and bronze new growth. Leucothoe fontanesiana rainbow sku 5775 gracefully arching striking red stems with colorful creamy white and green mottled foliage with scarlet accents. Other common names dog hobble rainbow. Details rainbow is an evergreen shrub to 1 5m tall with slender arching reddish branches bearing glossy lance shaped leaves to 10cm long mottled with cream and pink and short racemes. Foliage can have shades of green cream white and pinks with red stems. Leucothoe provide an excellent addition to acidic borders and woodland gardens.

Leucothoe racemosa native species found from massachusetts down to louisiana is one of the more cold tolerant forms and has 4 inch 10 cm long racemes of drooping scented flowers from may through june. Rainbow drooping leucothoe can be used as a hedge or pruned to stay. A t state university work in tandem along with federal state and local governments to form a strategic partnership called n c. This colourful shrub requires an acid soil preferably in full or partial shade. Leucothoe fontanesiana girard s rainbow girard s rainbow leucothoe print plant details previous plant next plant leucothoe fontanesiana girard s rainbow girard s rainbow leucothoe. A great way to brighten up any shadow location. Leucothoe fontanesiana rainbow dog hobble is a multi stemmed evergreen shrub prized for its gracefully arching red stems clad with glossy lance shaped leaves 4 in.

Highly ornamental the lush foliage warms up to an outstanding burgundy in the fall. Leucothoe fontanesiana rainbow produces small bell shaped white flowers borne in axillary racemes in late spring. It also has pretty drooping white urn shaped flowers in clusters that will bloom in spring. This unique cultivar of leucothoe is a splash of white greens and pinks. Long 10 cm marbled cream and pink. Its average texture blends into the landscape but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. Rainbow fetterbush is a multi stemmed evergreen shrub with a shapely form and gracefully arching branches.

Leucothoe fontanesiana nc state university and n c. Genus leucothoe can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs with simple leathery leaves and racemes or panicles of small bell or urn shaped flowers. It has gracefully arching branches that hold up its colorfully variegated foliage. Leucothoe fontanesiana is known by a wide array of common names.