Western Labrador Tea
Ledum glandulosum
Western Labrador tea is an aromatic evergreen shrub of western mountain bogs and streamsides, with leathery leaves and flat clusters of white flowers, a fragrant native for cool, moist, acidic ground. Foliage is toxic.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- shrub
- Height
- 2–5 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- June, July
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, rain garden
- Native states
- CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA