Connu comme étant toxique - Toxic to mammals if ingested. Leaves contain compounds that can be harmful if consumed in large amounts. Avoid allowing pets or livestock to consume large amounts.
Source: Daderot
Plant Names
Rhododendron groenlandicum
Labrador Tea
Thé du Labrador
Synonyms
bog Labrador tea
Greenland Labrador tea
lédon du Groenland
thé velouté
Plant Characteristics
Couleur de floraison: Blanc
Bloom Period: May - Jun
Hauteur max: 3,0 feet
Max Width: 5,0 feet (spreads by rhizome)
Light Condition:
Plus de 6 heures d'ensoleillement par jour
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Soil conditions:
Tolère des conditions de sol humide
Plus de 6 heures d'ensoleillement par jour
More than 2 or 3 hours but less than 6 hours of direct sun a day
Tolère des conditions de sol humide
Lifespan:
Vivace
des plantes qui reviennent année après année
Gardener Experience:
Ne se propage pas de manière incontrôlable
Spreads by rhizome
Facile à germer
Ne se propage pas de manière incontrôlable
Spreads by rhizome
Facile à germer
Landscape Uses:
Souhaitable dans les jardins de zone humide
Souhaitable dans les jardins de zone humide
Ecological Benefits:
No ecological benefits information available.
Tolerates:
Deer resistant
Rabbit resistant
Tolerates acidic soil conditions
Tolerates transplantation
Deer resistant
Rabbit resistant
Tolerates acidic soil conditions
Tolerates transplantation
Special Features and Considerations:
Seed and plant distribution status
No seeds available for this plant.
Nous acceptions les semences de cette plante
Faits intéressants
Labrador Tea is low-growing and found in acidic bogs, peatlands, and boreal wetlands. It has narrow, leathery evergreen leaves with rusty hairs underneath and clusters of small white flowers in spring. This beautiful native shrub is best suited to woodland gardens, bog gardens, and areas where acidic soil conditions can be maintained. It is slow-growing and long-lived.
Plant Location
Native to Ottawa region: Oui
Distribution according to VASCAN
Ephemeral
Native
Introduced
Excluded
Extirpated
Doubtful
Absent
Canadensis
Thrives in Ecozones
- Taïga des plaines
- Maritime de l'Atlantique
- Taïga du Bouclier
- Plaines boréales
- Cordillière montagnarde
- Prairies
- Plaines hudsoniennes
- Taïga de la Cordillière
- Bouclier boréal
- Maritime du Pacifique
- Cordillière arctique
- Plaines à forêts mixtes
Ecological Benefits
Butterflies Supported by Rhododendron groenlandicum
No butterfly data available for this plant.
Specialized Bees Supported by Rhododendron groenlandicum
No bee data available for this plant.
Complementary Plants
- No complementary plants found.
Substitute For Non-Native Plants
- Lonicera (Non-Native Honeysuckle)
- Rhamnus cathartica (Common Buckthorn)
- Rhamnus frangula (Glossy Buckthorn)
- Euonymus alatus (Burning Bush)
- Buxus sempervirens (Boxwood)
- Forsythieae (Forsythia)
- Impatiens balsamina (Impatiens Balsamina)
- Berberis (Barberry)
Sowing Information
Download Seed Envelope Labels (PDF)
- Sowing depth: Surface sow
- Sow anytime
- Stratification duration: 0 days
- Notes: Surface sow on milled sphagnum and mist daily: do not allow sphagnum to dry out.
Harvesting and Seed Sharing
- Harvest start month: September
- Harvesting indicator:
- Pods are brown and crisp and starting to open
- Seeds are dark and tiny stem attaching to the main stem is brown
- Seeds easily fall off pod when shaken
- Little stem connecting the pod to the main stem is brown (not green)
- Harvesting:
- Ouvrir la gousse, enlever les graines
- Seed viability test:
- Pas de test requis avant le don
- Packaging measure: 1 rounded 1/8 teaspoon
- Seed storage:
- Sécher à l'air dans un sac en papier ou contenant ouvert, pour quelques jours jusqu'à sec
- Secouer de temps à autre pour prévenir la moisissure
- Cultivar: No, you can donate without knowing the source as there are only straight species
- No harvesting video available at this time.
Toxicity Notes
Toxic to mammals if ingested. Leaves contain compounds that can be harmful if consumed in large amounts. Avoid allowing pets or livestock to consume large amounts.