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Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Silver Run'
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
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STU: AV09
(AV09)
• Accession: D2001-0353.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
Area
Individual