Description
Leucothoe LOO-kuh-thow
Leucothoe is a garden workhorse—with the right conditions, this shrub is easy to grow, has few pests, and looks good in every season. It’s graceful habit recommends it for a variety of uses: as a low evergreen hedge, an addition to a mixed border or shade garden, ground covering for a bank, or a container specimen. It’s undemanding and as handsome an evergreen shrub as you could ask for. Several of the roughly 50 species in the Leucothoe genus are native to the United States. New growth is typically reddish bronze before turning dark green, and some selections display burgundy fall and winter foliage. The white or cream urn-shaped flower clusters open in late spring and last through early summer, drooping gracefully from the branches.
