Leucothoe racemosa 'Shooting Star'

Graceful deciduous shrubs with glossy foliage. Long racemes of pure white urn-shaped flowers emerge from the ends of the branches in late spring. Good fall foliage color and with smooth and shiny blackish bark. Our own selection of this beautiful and rarely grown rhododendron relative grown from a Steve Hootman collection in northern Virginia. This clone has longer racemes and a greater abundance of flowers than any other form he has observed. An underused shrub for light shade or sun.