Leptodermis oblonga

Plant type

shrub

size

H: 1'-2'
W: 2'-3'

planting zones

6a-9b

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Leptodermis oblonga plant details

Leptodermis oblonga is a broadleaf deciduous shrub with green foliage. In fall, spring and summer lavender and purple flowers emerge. Attracts bees and butterflies making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - dappled shade and regular - low water. Drought tolerant once established. Does well in average, gritty, rocky and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant and humidity tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Leptodermis oblonga

Plant type: shrub
Plant family: rubiaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 2 FT - 3 FT - wide, 1 FT - 2 FT - tall
Flowers: lavender and purple blooms in fall, spring and summer
Uses: border plant, compact, easy-to-grow, fragrant, long-blooming, mounding, rock garden, unique

GROWING CONDITIONS for Leptodermis oblonga

USDA Zones: 6a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - dappled shade
Watering frequency: regular - low
Resistant to: heat and humidity
Soil needs: average, gritty, rocky and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

The clusters of small violet-purple flowers on purplish twigs which decorate this compact 2-3' shrub add welcome color to the late summer garden. S/M

By: Forestfarm

Unusual deciduous subshrub from the Himalayas 12-18’’ tall and 24” wide with 4-6 weeks of lots of fragrant, light purple, flaring tubular flowers that face upward in late spring to early summer, then intermittent into fall. Nice as a low hedge, accent, rock garden and edging plant. Deer and critter resistant. Takes full sun with regular moisture or some dryness in partial shade. Average garden soil to well drained. May be slow to start in spring so be patient! Good bee plant.

By: Secret Garden Growers

A Daphne by another name, outstanding small shrub, with long tubed, pink flowers produced for months, one of our stock plants in the greenhouse was in bloom for over 10 months continuously, hardy outside, it makes a low shrub that suckers moderately. Yet another of the seemingly endless supply of wonders that Punnett keeps showing up with, much talked about here, even Peter Erskine had never seen it. This form appears to be a dwarf clone, I was promised a cutting of the tall form that is described in the literature but it has yet to materialize.

By: Arrowhead Alpines

Fragrant Slender Skin Bush - a compact mounding deciduous shrub with fine textured ovate to oblong foliage bearing clusters of lavender purple tubular like starry flowers. Beginning in June and flowering most of the summer. Growing 12-18" in sun to part shade. Hardy to zone 5. The flowers look and smell like a dwarf lilac, attracting butterflies and hummingbirds. Deer resistant. It is late to leaf out in the spring, not breaking dormancy until mid may.

By: Accents for Home and Garden

A wonderful, very fragrant, little-known shrub with small purple blooms that resemble lilacs, but begin in spring and bloom all summer. It has a low mounding habit and makes a great landscape plant, or does beautifully in a pot.

By: Almost Eden

A most uncommon, mounding, very fragrant shrub with long blooming, lavender-purple starry flowers that are produced in clusters ALL SEASON from June thru Frost! Like a dwarf lilac that doesn't know where the 'Off Switch" is for blooming. Absolutely stupendous! Spring Meadows describes it as a "Blooming Machine"! Related to Daphnes (if you haven't already fallen in love with this plant) but not fussy like her relative. Native to the Himalayan mountains and eastern Asia

By: Lazy S'S Farm Nursery

A strange little deciduous shrub, belonging to a whole genus of strange little shrubs, this Himalayan is compact, to only 12-18" tall with truly tiny, 1-2 mm. leaves and light pink, lightly fragrant flowers densely held along the branches beginning in spring. It can be kept flowering for long periods by occasional pinching and adding in moderate nutrients. A most interesting addition to the well-drained border or rock garden in full sun to part shade with average summer water. Very good trough plant. Frost hardy to USDA zone 6.