Variegated Tasmanian Leatherwood
$33.00 Original price was: $33.00.$9.90Current price is: $9.90.
1000 in stock
SKU: MbDeT6EYpQ
Category: PLANTS
LIGHT: Full sun, Partial sun
WATER: Keep soil moist to wet.
SIZE: Slow growing shrub; reaches 8 to 12 ft. tall, 4 to 5 ft. wide.
| Description | A beautifully variegated evergreen with small, narrow, green leaves edged in cream, providing a wonderful illuminating quality, especially in a dappled shade garden. Fragrant, white midsummer flowers hang from reddish branch tips. Its columnar form and moderate stature is stunning as a single specimen or massed as a natural hedge or screen. |
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| Bloom Time | Midsummer to fall |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Evergreen |
| Special Features | Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care |
| Growth Rate | Slow |
| Flower Attributes | Fragrant, Showy Flowers |
| Landscape Use | Border, Hedge, Privacy Screen |
| Flower Color | White |
| Foliage Color | Variegated |
| Companion Plants | Magnolia (Magnolia); Rhododendron (Rhododendron); Weigela (Weigela); Mountain Laurel (Kalmia); Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia) |
| Care Instructions | Thrives in enriched, fertile, acidic, moist, well-drained soil; shelter from harsh sun exposures in hotter summer regions and from damaging winds. Water deeply, regularly during first few growing seasons to establish an extensive root system. Apply a thick layer of mulch to keep roots cool. |
| History | This was selected by Tasmanian plantsmen Ken Gillanders from the wild and brought to the U.S. by Dan Hinkley from a trip there in 1998. |
| Lore | The honey made from Eucryphia lucida is considered amongst the best in the world. |