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 axillaris 'Curly Red' (Dog hobble 'Curly Red')
'Curly Red' is a compact, mound-forming or spreading, evergreen shrub with glossy, twisted leaves, orange-red in spring, dark green in summer, turning scarlet in autumn and reddish-purple by winter.
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2m max. spread |
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1.5m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Leucothoe 'Carinella' (Dog hobble 'Carinella')
Other names: Leucothoe 'Zebekot'
'Carinella' is a compact, bushy, evergreen shrub with narrowly ovate, glossy, dark green leaves, red-flushed when young and turning maroon in autumn. Racemes of small, white, bell-shaped flowers bloom in spring.
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0.6m max. spread |
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0.6m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
Leucothoe axillaris (Dog hobble)
Other names: Coastal dog hobble , Coastal doghobble, Coastal leucothoe, Fetterbush
L. axillaris is a compact, spreading, evergreen shrub with thick, glossy, oblong to elliptic, dark green leaves turning reddish-purple in winter and clusters of lightly fragrant, urn-shaped, white flowers in late spring.
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1.5m max. spread |
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1.2m max. height |
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10-20 years to maturity |
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 |
Leucothoe 'Red Lips' (Dog hobble 'Red Lips')
Other names: Leucothoe axillaris 'Red Lips', Leucothoe 'Redlips', Leucothoe 'Lipsbolwi'
'Red Lips' is a compact, bushy, evergreen shrub with narrowly ovate, glossy, dark green leaves, red when young and turning wine-red in autumn. Racemes of small, white, bell-shaped flowers bloom in late spring to early summer.
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0.4m max. spread |
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0.3m 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 '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 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 |
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