Leucothoe 'Burning Love'

Compact foliage, perfect on the balcony, patio, or in borders
Just £14.99
1 x 2L Pot - SKU: 511058
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Key Features

  • Leucothoe keiskei 'Burning Love' is a stunning evergreen shrub with luxurious crimson fresh growth
  • An ornamental shrub that will give you year-round colour and form, adding interest wherever it is planted
  • The colourful leaves are highlighted in spring with drooping clusters of small white flowers
  • Provide acidic soil or ericaceous compost for a thriving compact shrub
  • Supplied as an established plant in 2L pot, ready for planting out
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Description

Leucothoe 'Burning Love' is an evergreen, multi-stemmed compact shrub with striking, arching red branches of narrow, glossy leaves which are deep red when new, before turning dark green where they provide a fabulous backdrop to other garden plants.

In autumn, the leaves transform into fiery scarlet, so it really does give you year-round colour and form adding interest wherever it is planted. This ornamental shrub welcomes spring with drooping clusters of dainty white, bell-like flowers that last well into midsummer.

A very hardy shrub, these are easy to grow and make perfect specimens in pots or in beds and borders where their colourful leaves can shine through the garden, preferring acid conditions and a shaded location.

Growing to 75cm tall and wide, we supply an established plant in a 2L pot, ready to pot on or plant out.

Top Tips
  • Leucothoe prefers dappled to partial shade.
Care Information

Planting Advice for your Leucothoe:

  • Grow in acidic, well-drained soil, that is rich in organic matter, if growing in pots use ericaceous compost.
  • Hardy to -20C plants will need shelter from harsh winter winds and strong sunshine as this will scorch the leaves.
  • To plant, water your potted plant well.
  • Dig a hole a little deeper and three times wider than the nursery pot.
  • Add a soil conditioner such as well-rotted manure to the earth removed from the hole if necessary.
  • Remove the plant from its pot and tease out a few of the roots.
  • Place your plant in the hole at the same level at the pot.
  • Refill the hole with the earth removed (backfilling) and firm in the soil with your palm, avoiding the root ball.
  • Water well and mulch around the base of the plant with a collar, compost, gravel, bark etc.

Pruning Advice for Leucothoe:

  • Pruning will help create a bushier, neater plant and overgrown plants can be cut back hard to 45cm to rejuvenate them.
  • Prune in late winter or early spring, before new growth begins.
Delivery Information

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. Pre-ordered items will be sent as soon as possible after the date quoted and we'll generally ship your entire order with your pre-ordered items. When your order is dispatched, we'll send you another email with details of how to track it.

Most orders are sent on a fully-tracked courier service with Yodel. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, no signature is required, and our courier is asked to leave your order in a safe place on your property.

We'll send a tracking link when we dispatch your order, so you know when its due to arrive. Please note, once delivered we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your property. If you have any specific delivery instructions, please let us know - there's an option to enter a short message for the courier at the checkout.

Smaller, lighter, single-item orders may be sent through the post with Royal Mail - in which case no tracking is available.

Our experienced nursery team will always send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive when you plant them, so although most plants are very tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme frosts or heatwaves, we avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme weather is forecast, or over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

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2. Should any hardy plant fail to thrive thereafter, we'll replace free of charge - you just pay the P&P
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