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You can even see this tree, in front of a Corylus avellana 'Purpurea' with its dark leaves, from the parking lot. The Styrax (AGM) is a member of the Styracaceae family from Japan and the Corylus--a Hazel Nut tree--is a member of the Corylaceae family.
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Styrax obassia
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Styrax obassia
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Long drooping clusters of fragrant waxy white flowers with bright yellow stamens--and the leaves on this Fragrant Snowbell will be quite large, growing to eight or more inches. Not surprisingly, at the apparently higher zoned Wave Hill, this tree was in full bloom nearly two weeks ago!
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From a distance, this western Chinese native and member of the Carpifoliaceae family on the Himalayan Slope looks like just another pink Weigelia. . . .
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Kolkwitzia amabilis
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Pterostyrax corymbosa
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Also blooming this week, an "almost Styrax" at the bottom of Gus' Slope--the short clusters of flowers look like fluff. We will also look for P. hispida--the Epaulette Tree--to bloom soon with its longer clusters of flowers in Woodland Garden.
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But get a little closer, and the difference is amazing. The pink buds open to very pale, almost white, flowers with an amazing pattern of pale orange in the throat. Known as the Beauty Bush and named after R. Kolkwitz, a professor of botany in Berlin.
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Kolkwitzia amabilis
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Rosa pendulina
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Starting off in the "Secret Garden" known as the "Bramble Ramble."
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Another Rose in the Bramble Ramble.
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Rosa rugosa 'Agnes'
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Rosa 'Fru Dagmar Hastrup'
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Another Rose in the Bramble Ramble.
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Another Rose in the Bramble Ramble.
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Rosa 'Henry Hudson'
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Rosa x alba 'Alba Semiplena'
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Another Rose in the Bramble Ramble.
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"A Rose is a Rose is a Rose"--but although a member of the Rosaceae family, this is NOT a Rose--it's a Potentilla.
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Potentilla fruticosa
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Rubus 'Benenden'
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And continuing with the Rose look-alikes--this is NOT a Rose either--it's a Rubus! Note the wonderful pink remains on the flowers that have lost their petals.
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Back to the Roses, this pink climber is in the Flower Garden.
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Rosa nutkana
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Pebbles
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And here at Stonecrop, where the Daffodils are known as "Dafs," the Fritillarias are "Frits," and the Conservatory is the "Con," I'm Pebbles, known as "Pebs."
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