Leucothoe 'Lipsbolwi' RED LIPS®

Leucothoe 'Lipsbolwi'
Leucothoe 'Lipsbolwi' RED LIPS®
leucothoe, switch ivy
SIZE/TYPE small shrub
USUAL HEIGHT 0.2-0.4m
USUAL WIDTH 0.3-0.6m
LEAVES evergreen broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES ++multicoloured:green and red and burgundy red
FLOWERS insignificant or non-blooming
LOCATION full sun to shade
SOIL TYPE acidic (peaty)
SOIL MOISTURE REQUIREMENTS evenly moist (dislikes drought)
USDA zone (lowest) 5b   (down to -27°C)
WINTER PROTECTION  
FOR ZONE 5+6 Code of winter protection zone 5+6
FOR ZONE 7 Code of winter protection zone 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES Evergreen broadleaf
náhled fotonáhled foto
Leucothoe or switch ivy is quite new in our gardens, yet it has become one of my most loved evergreen plants. It belongs to the same family as for example rhododendrons. They come from remote parts of the world such as Madagascar, Himalayas, S. and N. America, and Japan. Still, they are tough and hardy plants that will enrich your garden as well as a patio or balcony because their excellent root hardiness allows cultivating them in outdoor pots down to zone 6.

RED LIPS® is a leucothoe novelty from 1999. It was discovered by A.L.Ch. Bolwijn in Putten, the Netherlands, as a natural mutation of a 15 years older variety SCARLETTA®. It is an evergreen, densely leaved, compact plant of mounding habit with narrowly lance-shaped leaves that emerge rich red in spring and turn medium green. In autumn they change to darker red and burgundy red, and remain so until spring.

Leucothoe is usually grown in partial shade but tests proved that if cultivated in full sun the foliage shows various amounts of red shades also in summer. Just make sure the soil is evenly moist. It grows in many soil types but looks best and stays healthiest in acid, fertile, constantly moist but well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. It will live in full shade, too, but may not show as many red leaves. It is very hardy to about -27°C (USDA zone 5b) and can be grown in outdoor pots.

Last update 03-03-2013
SIZES and PRICES
CURRENTLY SOLD OUT


NOT IN STOCK? WHY NOT TO TRY A SIMILAR ONE:
Leucothoe
Nandina domestica
Photinia x fraseri
GLOSSARY
  • STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
  • DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
  • EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
  • STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
  • HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
  • SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
  • HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
  • FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
  • GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.
LARGE PLANTS over 150 cmspecimens, screening and hedging shrubs

This site uses cookies to provide services and traffic analysis - here you can find details. I use this site for further use of this site ACCEPT.