BOTANICAL NAME:  Distylium x ‘Coppertone’

COMMON NAME: “Coppertone Distylium”

ATTRACTS: 

RESISTANT:

BLOOM COLOR/ TIME: red flowers in Winter

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:  Full to Part Sun 

HEIGHT: 3 to 4 feet

WIDTH: 4 to 5 feet

EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS: Evergreen

WATER REQUIREMENTS: Average to Moderate

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Prefers well-drained, fertile and consistently moist soils, but is adaptable to moist soil types.

GARDEN ATTRIBUTES: Drought & heat tolerant

Winter interest

HARDINESS ZONES: 7-9

Coppertone Distylium is a mid-sized, broadleaf evergreen shrub w/coppery-red new growth that turns blue-green with maturity. Small , red, spider-like flowers Winter till early Spring. Great for foundation plantings or as a low-growing privacy hedge.