Summary
A Mt. Cuba Center Plant Introduction. The tiny, dark evergreen foliage and spreading, rhizomatous character of Verdant leatherleaf makes it an excellent groundcover for sun to part shade in gardens with moist, acidic soils. Though uncommon in the trade, ‘Verdant’ can provide excellent year round interest in moist to occasionally wet sites where a low growing evergreen plant is desired. Verdant leatherleaf also produces charming spikes of tiny white, urn-shaped flowers on its branch tips in early to mid-spring. Chamaedaphne calyculata ‘Verdant’ is best in masses or groupings. It grows well with Geum fragarioides, Gentiana andrewsii, Lyonia mariana, Ilex verticillata, Eubotrys racemosa, Scutellaria incana, and Ilex glabra.
Introduced in 1996, Chamaedaphne calyculata ‘Verdant’ was found by Dr. Richard W. Lighty in the New Jersey Pine Barrens in 1985.
More Details
- Plant Type
shrub - Sun/Shade Conditions
filtered-shade, full-sun, partial-shade - Foliage Character
evergreen - Soil Moisture
average, moist - Flowering Period
early-spring, mid-spring - Soil PH
acidic - Flower Color
white - Summer Foliage Color
green - Fall Foliage Color
green, red - Fruit/Seed Color
brown, tan