Description

A bushy evergreen shrub that is dense and compact, featuring small, rounded gray-green glossy foliage, margined with creamy white; subtle, but very fragrant dark purple flower clusters in late spring; perfect as a hedge, or color accent in the garden

Landscape Attributes

Silver Queen Kohuhu is a dense multi-stemmed evergreen shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.

Silver Queen Kohuhu is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Silver Queen Kohuhu will grow to be about 12 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 8 feet. It has a low canopy, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast 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 does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.