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

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.

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

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.