Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Leucothoe D.Don [355]

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Ericaceae

family_ja: ツツジ

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distribution_en: America, E.Asia (4)

description_en: Genus of about 50 species of deciduous, semi-evergreen, or evergreen shrubs from woodland, thickets, swamps, and streambanks in Madagascar, the Himalayas, E. Asia, and North and South America. They are cultivated for their handsome leaves, which are alternate, very variably shaped, simple, often glossy, and dark green, and for their cylindrical to urn-shaped, usually white flowers, borne in terminal or axillary racemes or panicles. Effective in a peat bed or acid woodland garden.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost hardy.

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propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in spring. Root semi-ripe cuttings with bottom heat in summer. Divide suckering species in spring.

pests_en: Trouble free.

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comment_ja: イワナンテン

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-03-09 15:20

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