Labrador Tea
Ledum groenlandicum
Labrador tea is a northern bog shrub with fragrant, leathery evergreen leaves (long steeped as a tea) and rounded clusters of white flowers, a classic native for cold, wet, acidic, peaty ground.
- Family
- Ericaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- shrub
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, rain garden
- Native states
- AK, ME, MI, MN, NH, NY, PA, WA, WI