Lakeshore Garden Centres Plant Finder

Brand:  Monrovia

Description:

An outstanding variegated evergreen shrub, with small, rounded, narrow leaves edged in cream; a luminous addition to the garden; white flowers from reddish branch tips in midsummer; perfect as a specimen, or massed as a natural hedge

Ornamental Features

Spring Cream Variegated Tasmanian Leatherwood is clothed in stunning fragrant nodding white cup-shaped flowers along the branches from mid summer to early fall. It has attractive grayish green foliage edged in creamy white which emerges pink in spring. The small narrow leaves are highly ornamental and remain grayish green throughout the winter.

Landscape Attributes

Spring Cream Variegated Tasmanian Leatherwood is a multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with a narrowly upright and columnar growth habit. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.

This shrub will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Spring Cream Variegated Tasmanian Leatherwood is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• Hedges/Screening

Planting & Growing

Spring Cream Variegated Tasmanian Leatherwood will grow to be about 12 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 5 feet. It has a low canopy, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It is quite adaptable, prefering to grow in average to wet conditions, and will even tolerate some standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

This plant is not reliably hardy in our region, and certain restrictions may apply; contact the store for more information.