s of white
| | |blossoms. It needs a cool
| | |moist peaty soil, and given
| | |this it is very attractive
| | |when in bloom.
| | |
L. palustre (Marsh |Northern part of|White, |Much like the last, except
Ledum) |Eastern |tinged |that it is rather smaller,
|Hemisphere |pink |and the blossoms tinged
| | |with pink.
| | |
Leiophyllum |New Jersey and |White; |A compact little evergreen
buxifolium (Sand |Virginia; |May |shrub about a foot high.
Myrtle), (Syn. L. |Ericaceae | |Every twig, however small,
thymifolium) | | |bears a cluster of pretty
| | |blossoms, in colour white
| | |tinged with pink. It is a
| | |good rockwork shrub in a
| | |cool moist position.
| | |
Lespedeza bicolor |Japan; |Rosy red; |Sends up stiff annual
|Leguminosae |July |shoots to a height of 4
| | |feet. The leaves are
| | |trifoliate. It needs a
| | |warm soil, and is not
| | |particularly attractive.
| | |
*L. Sieboldi (Syn. |China and Japan |Reddish |A deciduous sub-shrub that
Desmodium | |purple; |dies nearly to the ground
penduliflorum) | |September |in the winter. From the
| | |base are pushed up long
| | |wand-like arching shoots to
| | |a height of 6 feet, clothed
| | |with trifoliate leaves, and
| | |bearing large terminal
| | |panicles of pea-shaped