Curly Red Coast Leucothoe
Curly Red Coast Leucothoe
Broad-leaf Evergreen
This variety was found in 1996 as a sport of the variety ‘Scarletta’ and offers something altogether different and distinct! You’ve never seen the likes of a Coast Leucothoe like this before, with its combination of bright burgundy, deep green, bright chartreuse and claret colored foliage that’s actually twisted and curly! What a show twelve months a year as its new growth emerges a coppery, orange-red color followed by long racemes of white, fragrant bell-shaped flowers in late May with the colorful foliage maturing to deep, lustrous green with red tips in the summer. Finally, as winter approaches, the whole plant turns an intense scarlet color that will set your winter landscape ablaze! ‘Curly Red’ will be a great creeping, flowing, mounding groundcover for partly to fully shaded areas and is striking planted alone or in groups.
- Category:
Broad-leaf Evergreen
Shrub
- Breeder:
- Hardiness Zone: 6-8
- Height: 3-6 Feet
- Spread: 3-6 Feet
- Bloom Color:
Red Shades
White Shades
Featured Characteristics
This variety was found in 1996 as a sport of the variety ‘Scarletta’ and offers something altogether different and distinct! You’ve never seen the likes of a Coast Leucothoe like this before, with its combination of bright burgundy, deep green, bright chartreuse and claret colored foliage that’s actually twisted and curly! What a show twelve months a year as its new growth emerges a coppery, orange-red color followed by long racemes of white, fragrant bell-shaped flowers in late May with the colorful foliage maturing to deep, lustrous green with red tips in the summer. Finally, as winter approaches, the whole plant turns an intense scarlet color that will set your winter landscape ablaze! ‘Curly Red’ will be a great creeping, flowing, mounding groundcover for partly to fully shaded areas and is striking planted alone or in groups.
- Category: Broad-leaf Evergreen Shrub
- Breeder:
- Hardiness Zone: 6-8
- Height: 3-6 Feet
- Spread: 3-6 Feet
- Bloom Color: Red Shades White Shades