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limestoner 6 (
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Wed, Apr 7, 10 at 22:35
| Anyone have any experience with this plant? Love the look of it but trying to decide between Coast (or I have seen it called coastal) or Rollison's Drooping. |
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- Posted by bboy USDA 8 Sunset 5 WA (My Page) on
Wed, Apr 7, 10 at 23:22
| Coast is supposed to be the hardiest. We get mildew on Leucothoe out here, I have pretty much quit planting them. Otherwise I would. |
RE: Help with Leucothoe
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| All species are highly susceptible to various fungal infections as well as mildew and winter dieback in my experience in New England. Best, healthiest planting I've ever seen, howener, was/is in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia. |
RE: Help with Leucothoe
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| Please don't tell my Coast Leucothoe that in NE it's supposed to have all these problems! LOL! I have 3 of them in a pretty shady area and they have been great every year. Not a spot of mildew on them and no issues thus far. Beautiful reddish-bronze spring and fall foliage. |
RE: Help with Leucothoe
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| What kind of size can be expected with them? |
RE: Help with Leucothoe
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| I've had mine in for 5 years or so and they are about 3' wide and about 18" high. I remember the tag said 6' wide by 3' tall. |
RE: Help with Leucothoe
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| I have these planted extensively (mainly Girards Rainbow and a scarletata,and a coastal). All of these varieties are doing great for me. I mainly plant them in part to deep shade under oak tree canopies. They are remarkably winter hardy (zone 6 with occasional zone 5 winters), when the rhodies have curled leaves and looking wimpy, these guys are just shiny and bright. Other times when I have winter burn of the grass and vinca minor, the leucothoe and the hellebores are some of the only things standing in late winter. In shade conditions the rainbow takes on a more mottled green color. |
RE: Help with Leucothoe
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| I've had good luck with mine. I have scarletta, rollinsons, and 3 girards Rainbow and they all do fine. THey all get morning sun. THe Rollinson is very dense and smaller leaves. It looks quite different than the others. I only recently noticed that as they are finally putting on some serious size and differences are more noticeable. I used to get some winter damage here and there on some of them, but they seem to have outgrown it. I think they need to be in just the right place. My neighbor had to get rid of her leucothoes, so it might be really specific micro-culture thing. here is rollisini newly planted: 
here it is several years later, not exciting blooms, but wonderful foliage and form I think. Its about 3 feet by 3 feet here 
All of mine are in a dry bed at the edge of the woods. I think they are not fully protected by winter winds. They face northeast, but there are lots of tall pines all around the lot so its not open in general. |
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