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PLANT INTRODUCTIONS: These spring-blooming varieties worth a try
Photo Koreanspice viburnum is among the most fragrant varieties. / University of Georgia Photo Burkwood viburnum has pink blooms that open white, dispensing a spicy, intoxicating fragrance almost like that of winter daphne. / University of Georgia Photo A Chinese snowball. / JOEY IVANSCO / Staff Photo The spring-blooming types, such as Mohawk, typically are white but start out as pink buds. / University of Georgia Photo The Mohawk dressed in white. / University of Georgia Graphic MOSELEY'S FAVORITE FRAGRANTS > V. carlesii > V. x carlcephalum > V. x juddii > V. x burkwoodii 'Mohawk' SOURCES Viburnums are available at most large garden centers. For best selection, here are some specialty nurseries (call ahead for availability): > John Deere Landscapes (formerly McGinnis Farms), Alpharetta, 770- 740-2820. > Land Arts, Monroe, 770-267-4500. > Wilkerson Mill Gardens, Palmetto, 770-463-2400.
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PLANT INTRODUCTIONS: A multiseason wonder, parrotia worth pursuing
An insightful way of assessing Parrotia persica's worthiness is to consider that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Autumn 2001 triggered the most richly saturated fall color on the parrotias in our 23 years of gardening in Georgia. Vibrant oranges and reds developed on a 20-foot-tall plant given to us by Don Shadow. Birch yellow glistened on the Biltmore selection. Brilliant red-purple blazed on another clone, given to me as Pendula, but weeping it's not. One of the tree's common names is Persian ironwood, a reference to the weight (heavy) and somewhat sinuous branches, like those of our native American hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana. Its bark is initially gray-brown, but as the trunk increases in size, characteristic jigsaw puzzle-like pieces develop and exfoliate, creating gray, green, white and brown mosaics. Ancient parrotias with their gargantuan trunks, such as those at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston and Wisley Gardens in England, are more beautiful in winter.
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A camellia that weathers the winter well PLANT INTRODUCTIONS
Several cultivars for garden use are available, with Rosea, a pink- flowered form, the most common. Its new growth is a rich reddish- purple, a potent color contrast to the dark green mature leaves. In Norfolk, Va., I collected cuttings from a lustrous dark green leaf form (no name attached) that was distinctly upright in habit. The leaves had the same black-green patina as Otto Luyken cherry laurel. My first thought was its use for hedging and screening in shady environments. Also, a recent visit to Camellia Forest Nursery in Chapel Hill, N.C., uncovered additional cultivars, several with large leaves. Plant Camellia sinensis in moist, well-drained soil in shade or sun. Plants have never wilted or demonstrated signs of heat or drought stress. The only serious insect is scale, and I have yet to observe even minor degrees of infestation.
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Meet Pink Parchment, a new magnolia PLANTS INTRODUCTIONS
Just the thought is sufficient reason to plant a magnolia this fall. In Georgia, the deciduous species of magnolia, Magnolia x soulangiana (the saucer or Japanese magnolia) and M. stellata (star magnolia) dominate the landscape. Both are beautiful when unadulterated by the vagaries of late winter-early spring weather, but so many other choices are available. About 90 species of magnolia are known, and in 1991 I saw the rare M. zenii while at the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain, Mass. The species was introduced to the United States in 1980 and flowered for the first time in 1987. Stephen Spongberg, the arboretum's taxonomist, mentioned it was the first magnolia species to flower in the Boston area. This particular plant set abundant fruits, and I collected several, along with fruits and seeds of other magnolias. Photo Pink Parchment produces flowers in purplish pink with white insides. Photo A cultivar of Magnolia zenii, Pink Parchment is resistant to heat and drought. About 90 species of magnolia are known.
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