Redvein Enkianthus

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Japan

Location

Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection

Source of plant

Princeton Nurseries, RHS Gardens At Wisley, Botanic Garden of Smith College, Weston Nurseries, Edgewood Nursery, McGuire Gardens

Description

Narrow, upright shrub or small tree with layered branches and tufted foliage, reaching 6' to 8' inheight in cold climates, but can reach 15' to 30' under favorable conditions. Foliage bright to medium (almost blue-green) in summer, brilliant yellow to orange and red in fall; often variable in quality of coloration. Flowers perfect, creamy yellow or light orange, veined with red, 1/3" to 1/2" long, borne in May and June, about the time the leaves are developing, in pendulous, umbel-like racemes from the terminal bud of the previous year's growth; corolla bell-shaped with 5 rounded lobes.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4

Special characteristics

fall color, growth habit