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Fetterbush
Latin Name:
Leucothoe fontanesiana
location:
mountainous regions of southeastern US
The Fetterbush, in Latin Leucothoe fontanesiana, i usually found close to mountainous regions of southeastern U.S.. Its morphology is mainly a suckering, colonizing shrub, making it a fabulous plant! In the summer, its leafs are changing looking like alternate leaves, 2-5" long and in the automn it generally looks like zone 4 to 6. The Fetterbush (Leucothoe fontanesiana) grows flowers that are in May and contains fruits that are capsule. An interesting thing is its bark, where a special pattern can be found, stems mix of green and red on it. An interesting fact regarding the way it is cultured is that prefers moist, cool, acid soils Also, an inconvinient with the Fetterbush can be that desiccation burn in winter in exposed sites It can be easy to recognize a Leucothoe fontanesiana with its stout, glabrous green-red stems with little lateral branching. The Fetterbush's propagation method is done in a special way since it performs it cutting root readily in June or winter root easily with hormone
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