Summer

GENUS

Leucothoe

IMAGE

SPECIES

VARIETY

'Firestar'

COLOUR

White

FOLIAGE

Red, green, bronze, and cream

TYPE

Shrub

HARDINESS

HEIGHT

1.5m

SPREAD

1.5m

AVAILABILITY

Summer
Autumn
Winter

SOIL

Well Drained
Moist but well drained

ASPECT

Shade
Dapled shade

DROUGHT-TOLERANT

Yes

COST £

COMMENTS

Striking variegated leaves - emerging dark red with white margins, turning green in summer, and then glowing with red and bronze tones through autumn and winter. Small white spring flowers.

Acidic

DEER RABBIT PROOF

Flowering

May
June

scented

New plant

Yes

Evergreen?

Evergreen