There are only 2, fully cold hardy species of low growing wiry stemmed evergreen shrubs, in this genus. \u00a0Found in acidic peat bogs in arctic and cool temperate regions of Northern Hemisphere. \u00a0The tough short branches that root along the ground. \u00a0It produces deep green alternate simple leaves that are leathery linear to lance shaped. \u00a0\u00a0From spring to early summer small bell or urn shaped flowers are borne in terminal umbels of white or pink.<\/p>\n
Great for a shady rock garden or peat bogs or in a damp border in humus rich acidic soil, in partial shade or full sun.<\/p>\n
Prone to Exobasidium galls.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n Andromeda polifolia <\/b><\/strong>\u2018Alba\u2019 – Andromeda polifolia compacta \u2018Alba\u2019<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0 \u2013 Andromeda rosmarinifolia <\/b><\/strong>\u2018Alba\u2019 – Andromeda rosmarinifolia compacta \u2018Alba\u2019<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Common bog rosemary \u2013 Marsh andromeda<\/b><\/strong> \u2013\u00a0 This semi prostrate plant grows 6″ inches tall and in breadth. \u00a0It produces pointed narrow linear to oblong leathery deep green 1\u201d long leaves with paler undersides. \u00a0In spring to early summer it bears tiny white bell like flowers appear in sprays.<\/p>\n Zones 2-9<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Andromeda \u2013 Bog rosemary There are only 2, fully cold hardy species of low growing wiry stemmed evergreen shrubs, in this genus. \u00a0Found in acidic peat bogs in arctic and cool temperate regions of Northern Hemisphere. \u00a0The tough short branches that root along the ground. \u00a0It produces deep green alternate simple leaves that are leathery […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[27,95,21,41,16,20,26],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160254541"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5900"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5900"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5900"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=5900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}