Luculia pinceana web special

Luculia pinceana web specialNative to Nepal, Luculia pinceana may not be as well known as the more common and larger Luculia gratissima from the Himalayas, but it is certainly worth searching for. It only grows about 10 feet high and has compact rosy pink tubular flowers in a tight head much like a hydrangea. The flowers have a very sweet, delicious musk jasmine fragrance that can be smelled up to 20 feet away. While it is usually an evergreen shrub, in cooler climates it will

was pollinated by a Montery Cypress

The deeply cut leaves are smaller than most other dissectum types

Beginning in the 1960's

It begins working as soon as it's added into the soil

nootkatensis 'Green Arrow' this tree will be very interesting and sculptural

The group became known as the 'Walloper' group

The buds start out a rich royal blue

creating a slender "pole" of a tree only 2 ft

Rhododendron ‘Bruce Brechtbill’ is a superb choice for gardeners seeking a hardy evergreen shrub with outstanding spring color and enduring landscape appeal

and is hard to kill

Texturally 'clumpy' and 'twisted brushy' type needles  of blue-green make a most attractive plant when mature

'Meijishi' and 'O jishi'