Leucothoe fontanesiana (Dog hobble)
Other names: Leucothoe walteri, Leucothoe axillaris var. editorum, Drooping laurel, Switch ivy
L. fontanesiana is a small evergreen shrub with glossy narrow leaves often tinged purple in winter and small white, pitcher-shaped flowers 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 'Firestar' (Dog hobble 'Firestar' )
Other names: Leucothoe walteri 'Firestar' , Leucothoe 'Rant01', Switch ivy 'Firestar'
'Firestar' is a spreading, evergreen shrub bearing leathery, oblong to lance-shaped, dark green leaves with cream to pale yellow margins, red to maroon when young, and racemes of cylindrical or urn-shaped, white flowers 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 |
Agarista populifolia (Florida hobblebush)
Other names: Leucothoe acuminata, Leucothoe populifolia, Coast leucothoe, Fetter-bush, Florida doghobble, Florida leucothoe, Andromeda populifolia, Lyonia populifolia
A. populifolia is a thicket-forming, evergreen shrub with upright to arching stems bearing lance-shaped, glossy, dark green leaves, flushed reddish-brown when young, and dense racemes of fragrant, urn-shaped, white flowers in late spring.
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3m max. spread |
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3.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Whitewater' (Dog hobble 'Whitewater')
Other names: Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Howw', Drooping laurel 'Whitewater', Switch ivy 'Whitewater'
'Whitewater' is a compact, spreading, evergreen shrub with arching, dark red stems bearing oblong to lance-shaped, white-margined, dark green leaves, flushed red or maroon in winter and racemes of bell-shaped, white flowers in spring.
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1.2m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Leucothoe axillaris 'Margie Jenkins' (Dog hobble 'Margie Jenkins')
'Margie Jenkins' is an upright to spreading, evergreen shrub with arching stems bearing leathery, oblong, oval, or elliptic, dark green leaves and racemes of fragrant, white flowers in spring.
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1.8m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Silver Run' (Dog hobble 'Silver Run')
Other names: Drooping laurel 'Silver Run', Switch ivy 'Silver Run', Leucothoe axillaris 'Silver Run', Drooping fetterbush 'Silver Run'
'Silver Run' is a compact, spreading, evergreen shrub with arching stems bearing oblong to lance-shaped, mottled, dark green leaves, emerging white, green, and pink, flushed red or maroon in winter, and racemes of bell-shaped, white flowers in spring.
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1.2m max. spread |
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0.9m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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