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Labrador Tea vs Purple Leaf Sand CherryLedum groenlandicum Prunus x cistena SOLD OUT ONLY AVAILABLE BY CONTRACT GROW 
Labrador Tea is slow-growing evergreen shrub native to the boreal forests of Canada.
Purple Leaf Sand Cherry provides bright reddish-purple leaves that turn bronze-green in the fall. In the spring, tiny flowers with a pinkish white hue bloom. The flowers are small, but the impact comes from the shrub blossoming all at once. LABRADOR TEA QUICK FACTSPURPLE LEAF SAND CHERRY QUICK FACTS
Zone:
1a
Zone:
3a
Height:
0.5 m (1.5 ft)
Height:
1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread:
0.5 m (1.5 ft)
Spread:
1.8 m (6 ft)
Moisture:
any
Moisture:
dry, normal
Light:
any
Light:
any
Fall colour:
rust orange
Fall colour:
dark red
Flowers:
clusters of tiny white flowers which are fragrant, sticky and attractive to insects
Flowers:
produces single pinkish flowers
Bark:
smooth dark red to purple bark
Growth rate:
slow
Growth rate:
medium
Life span:
short
Life span:
short
Maintenance:
low
Suckering:
none
Suckering:
low
Pollution tolerance:
medium
Pollution tolerance:
high
Toxicity: slightly toxic if ingested Toxicity: the leaves and seed contain small amounts of hydrogen cyanide but are seldom consumed in any quantity
Other Names:
purpleleaf sandcherry
Ships To Canada:
yes
Ships to USA: yes
Ships To Canada:
yes
Ships to USA: no |