Drooping Leucothoe               lu-KOTH-o-e fon-ta-ne-ze-A-na

• Broadleaf evergreen shrub, 3-6 ft (0.9-1.8 m) tall, equal width; broadly arching.  Leaves simple, alternate, ovate to lanceolate, 5-13 long, 2.5 to 4 cm wide, tip long-acuminate, rounded at base, new growth green or bronzy.   Flower white, fragrant, 6 mm long, urn-shaped (typical of plants in the Ericaceae (Heath Family).
• Part shade to shade, susceptible to sunburning.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 4      Native from Virginia to Georgia and Tennessee.
• fontanesiana: after René Loiche Desfontaines (1752-1833), French botanist.
• Oregon State Univ. campus: northeast of Benton Hall.