Deciduous shrubs, occasionally trees that can reach 50 feet tall, with smooth gray-brown bark and tan or yellowish twigs. Leaves are 4-6 inches long, 2-3 inches wide, dark green and smooth with prominent veins. Leaf undersides are lighter green. Large […]

Hardy variety with crimson colored flowers and stamens. The flower color varies with the temperature of the summer; in cool summers it is deep crimson, in warmer it is pale crimson. Deciduous shrubs, occasionally trees that can reach 50 feet […]

Small deciduous tree or shrub reaching 30 feet, with smooth gray bark. Twigs are brown, covered in fine hairs. Leaves are dark green, smooth and glossy. The white flowers are fragrant at night, with 9 tepals, pinkish stamens. Quite hardy […]

Small smooth branched, evergreen tree reaching 15-30 feet. Leaves are smooth, thin and leathery, about 6 inches long. The flowers are white and the fruit is unknown. Native to evergreen forests of Thailand, at about 4600 feet elevation. Some botanists […]

An evergreen tree, reaches 10 feet tall. Branches and leaves are entirely smooth. Leaves are leathery, up to 8 inches long. The flowers are white, the fruit is unknown. Native only to the forests of Tourane Province of Annam. Closely […]

An evergreen shrub or small tree, reaching only 3-9 feet tall. Branchlets are covered densely with fine hairs, becoming smooth with age. The leathery leaves are 3-6 inches long. The white flowers are particularly fragrant at night. Outer seed coats […]

Large cream colored flowers with pink streak down the center. Original plant at Caerhays Castle, Cornwall, England. Named in 1951. Alba varieties flower at 15 years old, much earlier than the species. Tall deciduous trees, reaching 115 feet tall in […]

A pink flowered variety offered by Treseder’s Nurseries, Cornwall, England, 1973. Tall deciduous trees, reaching 115 feet tall in the wild, 30-60 feet in cultivation. Bark is grayish tan, twigs are smooth and tan colored, sometimes can become almost black. […]

Deep rose colored flowers have pale pink interiors. Tall deciduous trees, reaching 115 feet tall in the wild, 30-60 feet in cultivation. Bark is grayish tan, twigs are smooth and tan colored, sometimes can become almost black. The terminal buds […]

White flowers reach 12 inches diameter have a pink streak down the center, outer tepals are drooping rather than saucer-shaped. Original seed is from India, named in 1961 at the Strybing Arboretum, San Francisco, California. Alba varieties flower at 15 […]