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Ericaceae
Leatherleaf
Chamaedaphne calyculata
Also known as Lyonia calyculata var. nana, Chamaedaphne crispa, Chamaedaphne, Cassandra angustifolia var. anomala
Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Evergreen Shrub · Bog Plant · Acidic Soil · Wetland · Ericaceae · Cold Hardy · Native Shrub · Part Shade · Peat
Leatherleaf is a tough, evergreen bog shrub that thrives in consistently moist to wet, acidic soils in partial shade. It performs best in USDA zones 2–6 and is well-suited to rain gardens, pond margins, or peat-based landscape beds. Avoid alkaline soils and drought conditions, as this plant is adapted to cool, waterlogged northern habitats.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist; do not allow to dry out between waterings · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–6
- Temperature
- 0°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Yellow · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Baltic States, Belarus, British Columbia, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, Chita, Connecticut, Delaware, East European Russia, Finland, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Irkutsk
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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