Georgia Plume
Elliottia racemosa
Georgia plume raises upright candles of narrow-petalled white flowers above the foliage in midsummer, unlike anything else in the heath family. One of the rarest shrubs in the Southeast — most wild stands set almost no viable seed and persist by root suckers — but propagated stock is offered. Wants sandy acid soil and sharp drainage.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 8–20 ft
- Spacing
- 6–12 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- specimen, border, naturalizing
- Native states
- GA, SC