Taxon

Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Silver Run'

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Common name: Silver Run drooping leucothoe
Family: Ericaceae (heath family)
Distribution: Species native to s.e. United States
Hardiness: USDA Zone 5
Life form: Evergreen shrub
Comments: Graceful evergreen shrub, with many long-spreading, arching branches, growing 3' high and 6' wide. Leaves with white variegation, tinging pink in colder temperatures. Urn-shaped flowers on drooping racemes appear April/May. Useful in masses or as a specimen plant. Does best in cool, moist, well-drained, acid soil.

Locations

  • 1: STU: AV09 (AV09) • Accession: D2001-0353.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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