Leucothoe 'Scarletta' (Dog hobble 'Scarletta')
Other names: Leucothoe walteri 'Scarletta', Swith ivy 'Scarletta', Leucothoe 'Zeblid', Leucothoe axillaris 'Scarletta', Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Scarletta'
'Scarletta' is a spreading, evergreen shrub with leathery, oblong to lance-shaped leaves, reddish-purple when young, maturing dark green, and turning reddish-bronze in autumn and winter. Racemes of cylindrical or urn-shaped, white flowers bloom in spring.
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2.5m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Zebonard' (Dog hobble 'Zebonard')
Other names: Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Lovita'
'Zebonard' is a compact, mound-forming, evergreen shrub with ovate, dark green leaves, red when young and flushed bronze or red in winter. Racemes of small, bell-shaped, white flowers bloom in spring.
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1.2m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Leucothoe keiskei 'Royal Ruby' (Keskei dog hobble 'Royal Ruby')
Other names: Keskei fetterbush 'Royal Ruby', Keskei fetter bush 'Royal Ruby'
'Royal Ruby' is a compact, spreading, evergreen shrub with upright to prostrate branches bearing narrowly ovate to lance-shaped, tapered, glossy, dark green leaves, red to dark reddish-purple when young, turning bronze-red in winter. Pendent racemes of urn-shaped, white flowers bloom in summer.
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1.2m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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