Zenobia pulverulenta

• BOTANICAL NAME: Zenobia pulverulenta
• PRONUNCIATION:
  ze-NO-be-uh pul-ver-u-LEN-tuh
• COMMON NAME: Zenobia
• FAMILY: Ericaceae
• NATIVITY: North Carolina to Florida in the coastal plain
• GROWTH HABIT: Low suckering shrub with arching branches.
• SIZE: 2 - 3' (6') tall and suckering over a limited area
• HARDINESS: Zone 5 - 9
• CULTURE: Native to bogs and wet areas but performs well in normal garden
  conditions. Full sun results in the best foliage color.
• LANDSCAPE USE: Ideal plant for massing and naturalizing. May work well as an
  isolated plant mixed into an herbaceous border.
• FOLIAGE: Alternate, oval to oblong, entire to serrate-crenate margin, 1 - 3" long.
  The leaves of most plants exhibit a silver cast on the foliage. This is quite variable
  and in extreme cases is an outstanding effect in the landscape. Foliage is
  semievergreen to deciduous.
• BUDS:
• BARK:
• FLOWERS: Small white flowers occur in the axils of the leaves in May - June.
  The individual flowers resemble those of Pieris.
• FRUIT: Brown capsule.
• PROPAGATION: Seed, cuttings.
• PESTS: None serious.
• CULTIVARS:
  • `Winter Star' - lavender pink, single, 3 1/4'