While the Bigfoot Cleyera is the largest Cleyera in the Southern Living Plant Collection, The Bronze Beauty is the most petite. Growing to heights of 8-10 ft and 5-6 ft wide, this Cleyera makes for a fantastic hedge screen. Young foliage on the Bronze Beauty starts off as a light bronze green and develops into a darker metallic-sheen emerald green. At the beginning of fall, the Bronze Beauty transforms its formerly green leaves into a breathtaking scarlet-bronze that changes the landscape entirely. This plant is receptive to pruning or shearing, and will hold shape nicely. Plant the Bronze Beauty Cleyera in part shade to full sun and slightly acidic soil for best performance.
Spacing Your Bronze Beauty
For a seamless planting, plant your Bronze Beauty 4 feet apart. Space them 7+ feet for gaps between plants.
Planting tips for Acid Loving Plants
Cheryl (verified owner) –
Very pleased with my beautiful Bronze Beauty Cleyeras. Excellent packaging to avoid soil loss, smooth shipment. They arrived during an unusually long, rain-drenched 2021 spring in Texas, and were kept sheltered in containers for awhile to avoid drowning. New growth continued before & after planting. They are thriving and gorgeous. Thank you!
Mark O (verified owner) –
I ordered 9 of these. Every one of them arrived well packaged and in vibrant condition. Unboxed them and gave them some water. Planted the next day. Within 3 weeks they were all showing new growth. The new leaves are bronze, turn a light green and then a dark green. Simply beautiful and interesting plants. So impressed with this company, I’m checking the website to see what else I could use.
bankergaj (verified owner) –
The plant was healthy and arrived on time. Impressed with packaging.
K (verified owner) –
I ordered 3 plants. The came in 2 shipments. They were packaged nice and securely. I was pleasantly surprised with the condition they were in. Of course there was some worry when ordering live plants and having them shipped but the worry was for nothing. They arrived beautifully!