with a backdrop of slender green leaves

Use them to cover low walls or sunny slopes where other shrubs find it difficult to flourish

well-drained and kept watered whenever the soil beneath is dry to touch

It is a somewhat hardy slow spreading

Munstead is robust and short in size

Leucothoe 'Firestar' Camellia williamsii 'Donation' with a backdrop of slenderThis low growing garden shrub produces small white flowers in spring, but there is no doubt that the foliage is the main attraction. The glossy leaves emerge red with white edges in spring, maturing to green variegated with gold during the summer. As the temperature drops, the leaves are once again flushed with red, providing plenty of colour interest throughout the greyest months of the year. Also known as Doghobble or Drooping Laurel, Leucothoe