Common Name:
Drooping Leucothoe fontanesiana

Scientific Name:
Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Scarletta'
Leucothoe fontanesiana 'Girard's Rainbow'

Type: Evergreen Shrub

Size: Grows 3-6' x 3-6'

Habit: Mounded to weeping habit-slow growing

Flowers: White flowers in early Spring.--- fountain-like effect

Light: Partial shade to shade --- Acidic soils

Soil: Moist soils-good OM-No drought - protect from wind

Use: Used as: foundation plant, naturalizing, borders---As much for foliage as for flowers

Cultivars: Cultivars - 'Scarletta' --- red new growth ---- bronze winter appearance

'Girard's Rainbow'-multicolored new growth--- turns whiteand green