Cliftonia

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cliftonia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Cliftonia (after Dr. Francis Clifton, an English physician, d. 1736). Cyrillaceae. Buckwheat Tree. Glabrous evergreen shrub or small tree, rarely cult. for its early appearing racemes of white or pinkish fragrant fls.: Lvs. alternate, short-petioled, without stipules, entire: fls. in terminal racemes; sepals and petals 5-8; stamens 10, shorter than the petals, the filaments flattened below; ovary superior, 3-4-celled, with a 3-4-lobed nearly sessile stigma: fr. indehiscent, ovoid, with 3—4 wings and as many seeds. The only species is C. monophylla, Sarg. (C. ligustrina, Spreng. C. nitida, Gaertn. Mylocaryum ligustrina, Sims). Occasionally 50 ft. tall: Lvs. oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, cuneate at the base, dark green above, 1½-2 in. long: racemes 1-2½in. long; fls. white or pinkish, fragrant, about ⅓in. across: fr.¼in. long. Feb., March; fr. in Aug., Sept. Ga. to Fla. and La.; swamps. S.S. 2:52. B.M. 1625.—Little known in cult, and now not in the trade, but well worth cult, for its early, delicate and fragrant fls.; also the buckwheat-like frs. are attractive. Hardy as far north as Philadelphia. Thrives best in humid sandy and peaty soil. Prop, by seeds and probably like Cyrilla by cuttings of half-ripened wood under glass with slight bottom heat. Alfred Rehder. Climbers are distinguished from twiners by having some means of attachment, as tendrils or other special devices, while twiners rise by twisting their stems round their support. In a wider sense, the word is often used synonymously with "vines," including all plants that use other plants or other objects for support, by whatever mechanism or method. By "trailers," nurserymen commonly mean low-growing vines, and by "climbers," tall-growing vines. See Vines. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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