Enkianthus campanulatus 'Rubrum' (Redvein Enkianthus) prophouse the Scottish physician who settled

the Scottish physician who settled in Charleston in 1752 and was first to find this shrub

it asks little once settled and is hardy through hard winters

and Japanese-style plantings

Learn more about the Conradina genus here

and Potawatomi prepared a bark decoction as a wash for sore and inflamed eyes

Enkianthus campanulatus 'Rubrum' (Redvein Enkianthus) prophouse the Scottish physician who settledRedvein enkianthus, Enkianthus campanulatus, is a refined deciduous shrub from the cool mountain woodlands of Japan, and the selection 'Rubrum' is the deepest colored of the clan. In late spring the branches hang with dozens of small, waxy, bell shaped flowers, but where the plain species opens in cream veined with pink, 'Rubrum' pours out flowers of rich, deep red, nodding in tidy clusters at the tips of each whorl of branches. Close up the bells