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Leucothoe fontanisiana 'Girard's Rainbow'
Girard's Rainbow drooping leucothoe

The new leaves of this variegated multi-colored cultivar emerge reddish pink, fading to a combination of copper and yellow-green, ultimately maturing to green with a faint white variegation.

Habit:Broad rounded, mounded, arching to the ground
Size:2 - 3 1/2' tall
Color:Changing from reddish pink to yellow-green and coppery, then to green with a faint white variegation, then to a good reddish purple in winter

 
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