Ledum groenlandicum -- (Bog Labrador Tea)


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 Scientific Name:  Ledum groenlandicum
 Other Scientific Names:  Rhododendron groenlandicum
 Common Name:  Bog Labrador Tea
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  White
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Loam, Clay
 Drought Tolerance:  Medium
 Flower Conspicuous:  No
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Low
 Moisture Use:  Medium
 Shade Tolerance:  Intermediate
 Active Growth Period:  Spring
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  High
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Low
 Bloom Period:  Late Spring
 Commercial Availability:  Routinely Available
 Cold Stratification Required:  No
 Fall Conspicuous:  No
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  95
 Foliage Color:  Gray-Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Medium
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Spring
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  No
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  Yes
 Fire Tolerance:  Medium
 Foliage Texture:  Medium
 Growth Form:  Multiple Stem
 Growth Habit:  Shrub
 Growth Rate:  Slow
 Height at 20 Years, Max. feet:  2
 Height, Mature (feet):  3
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Moderate
 Max. Planting Density/Acre:  4800
 Min. Planting Density/Acre:  1700
 pH (Maximum):  7
 pH (Minimum):  5
 Precipitation (Minimum):  12
 Resprout Ability:  No
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  18
 Salt Tolerance:  None
 Shape and Orientation:  Erect
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed Spread Rate:  Slow
 Seedling Vigor:  Medium
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -33
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  None
 Propagation:  Bare Root, Container, Seed
 Palpable: (eatable)  Graze Animal (Low)
 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Ericales
 Family:  Ericaceae
 Genus:  Ledum

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