Otherwise known as Switch Ivy, Leucothoe ‘Scarletta' is a handsome evergreen shrub for acidic soils. Young red leaves age to dark green during the growing season before changing again to intense ...

'Rainbow' is as colorful as confetti, with handfuls of cream, yellow, burgundy and pink. This rhodie relative keeps its colors year-round but seems to burn brightest when temperatures fall. With its ...

I’m sometimes asked to recommend easily grown yet attractive native plants suitable for use in an ornamental setting. In that regard I’m locked and loaded: for a fern, it’s cinnamon fern (Osmunda ...

Q: I have several large Florida leucothoe in my landscaping and notice that they always seem to have some dead branches but are otherwise pretty healthy. I don't want to remove them, but is this a ...

Yet another fine plant burdened by a displeasing common name is dog-hobble (Leucothoe axillaris). Also called coastal leucothoe, dog hobble is the latest subject of my occasional series about ...

Foliage, texture and shape all play an important part in choosing a plant for the winter garden. One of my favorite plants for winter landscaping is Leucothoe fontanesiana, or Girard’s Rainbow, which ...

Dog hobble has to be among the worst common names for a pretty plant. Native from Maryland and Virginia to Central Florida, dog hobble (aka coastal dog hobble) is a slow-growing understory plant that ...