Scientific Name: Leucothoe axillaris
Common Name: coast leucothoe
Family Name: Ericaceae
Origin:
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width)
Habit: Arching
Form: Vase
Texture: Medium - fine
Landscape Uses: Fragrance, Hedge row, Small garden/space
Exposure: Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Serrulate
Flowers: Raceme, White, May
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves thick, shiny, dark green, turn purplish-bronze in winter, petioles pink-red, most 2(-4)cm wide x 11(-15)cm long when mature; flowers clustered, urn-shaped, white.