Chamaedaphne calyculata -- (Leatherleaf)


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 Scientific Name:  Chamaedaphne calyculata
 Common Name:  Leatherleaf
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  White
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Sand, Loam, Clay
 Drought Tolerance:  Low
 Flower Conspicuous:  No
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Low
 Moisture Use:  High
 Shade Tolerance:  Intermediate
 Active Growth Period:  Spring, Summer
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  Low
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Low
 Bloom Period:  Early Spring
 Commercial Availability:  Routinely Available
 Cold Stratification Required:  No
 Fall Conspicuous:  No
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  110
 Foliage Color:  Yellow-Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Low
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  No
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Fall
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Brown
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  No
 Fire Tolerance:  Medium
 Foliage Texture:  Fine
 Growth Form:  Rhizomatous
 Growth Habit:  Shrub
 Growth Rate:  Moderate
 Height at 20 Years, Max. feet:  4
 Height, Mature (feet):  4
 Leaf Retention:  Yes
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Moderate
 Max. Planting Density/Acre:  400
 Min. Planting Density/Acre:  100
 pH (Maximum):  6
 pH (Minimum):  5
 Precipitation (Minimum):  35
 Resprout Ability:  Yes
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  8
 Salt Tolerance:  Low
 Shape and Orientation:  Irregular
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed per Pound:  96000
 Seed Spread Rate:  Slow
 Seedling Vigor:  Medium
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -28
 Toxicity:  None
 Propagation:  Bare Root, Container, Cuttings, Seed
 Palpable: (eatable)

 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Ericales
 Family:  Ericaceae
 Genus:  Chamaedaphne

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