Enkianthus campanulatus (Redvein Enkianthus)

A delicate garden shrub for the collector, with dainty cream colored bell-shaped flowers with red veins in spring and spectacular fall color; very fussy about growing conditions, a perfectly drained moist acidic soil is essential

Redvein Enkianthus is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Redvein Enkianthus features dainty racemes of lightly-scented yellow bell-shaped flowers with red veins hanging below the branches from mid to late spring. It has green deciduous  foliage. The pointy leaves turn an outstanding orange in the fall.

Redvein Enkianthus will grow to be about 8 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.