Highland Doghobble, Dog Hobble Leucothoe fontanesiana - Leucothoe editorum, Andromeda fontanesiana

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Botanical Name:

Leucothoe fontanesiana

Family:

Ericaceae

Genus:

Leucothoe

Species:

fontanesiana

Common Name:

Highland Doghobble, Dog Hobble

Height:
3-4 feet
Minimum Hardiness Zone:
6

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  • Leucothoe fontanesiana

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Growing Info, follow in order:
Scarification: none required.
Stratification: none required.
Germination: surface sow and keep moist.
Other: peat moss is the best growing medium.
In a Nutshell:


Best grown in moist, acidic, organically rich, cool, sandy to clay, well-drained loams in part shade. Can be grown in full sun, but must have consistent moisture. Tolerates full shade. more...
* It typically grows in a mound to 3-6' tall and as wide. Drooping spikes of waxy, urn-shaped, creamy white flowers droop from the leaf axils in spring (May). Leathery, lanceolate, evergreen leaves (to 5" long) have serrulate margins and taper to a long point. more...
* A multi-stemmed, broadleaf evergreen shrub, 3-6 ft. tall, with a fountain-like arching habit. Branches often appear weighted down with the drooping spikes of white, waxy, urn-shaped flowers. Long, pointed, dark-green, glossy foliage turns red-green and purple in winter. New growth is often quite red. more...
* Leucothoe fontanesiana, commonly called drooping laurel, is a suckering, multi-stemmed, broadleaf evergreen shrub with arching branches that is native to moist forested mountain areas, dense thickets, stream banks and ravines from New York south to Alabama and Georgia, primarily in the Appalachian Mountains. more...