Davidia

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Davidia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Davidia (after Armand David, French missionary, botanized in China from 1862 to 1873). Nyssaceae. Ornamental deciduous trees, cultivated for their handsome foliage and the large and showy white flowers. Leaves alternate, slender-petioled, dentate, without stipules: fls. polygamous, in dense subglobose heads consisting of numerous staminate fls. and 1 bisexual fl., with 2 large bracts at the base; sepals and petals wanting; stamens 1-7, with slender filaments; ovary 6-10-celled, with rudimentary perianth and a circle of short stamens on top of the ovary at the base of the short and thick style, with spreading stigmas: fr. a drupe with a 3-5-seeded stone.— One species in VV. China. This is a handsome tree of pyramidal habit, with rather large and attractive bright green foliage, and an object of striking beauty when studded with the very large creamy white floral bracts. The tree has proved hardy in favorable positions as far north as Massachusetts; it seems to be somewhat tender only while young. Apparently it grows well in any good fresh soil. Propagation is by seeds sown in spring, which soon germinate, and by cuttings in summer of half-ripened wood under glass; also by layers. 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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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