Davidia involucrata

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Davidia involucrata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Davidia involucrata, Baill. Pyramidal tree, to 60 ft., with upright or ascending branches: lvs. cordate-ovate, acuminate, coarsely serrate, strongly veined, bright green and finally glabrous above, densely silky pubescent below, 2¼-5 in. long: heads terminal, peduncled; bracts 2, opposite, rarely 3, ovate to oblong -obovate, entire or serrate, creamy white, of unequal size, the larger to 7 in. long and to 4¼ in. broad: drupe oblong- ovoid, brownish, punctulate, about 1½ in. long. May, June: fr. in Oct. W. China. Var. Vilmoriniana, Hemsl. (D. Vilmoriniana, Dode. D. laeta, Dode). Lvs. glabrous and glaucescent below, or only sparingly pubescent while young. B.M. 8432. H.I. 20:1961. G.C. III. 33 : 235 ; 39 : 346. J.H.S. 1903 : 57 ; 37 : 129, fig. 113. R.H. 1906, pp. 297-9; 1907, p. 321. R.B. 34:230. This variety is better known in cult. than the type. It was intro. in 1897 by Farges who sent seeds from which a single plant was raised by Vilmorin. Later E. H. Wilson sent seeds of the variety as well as the type, from which a large stock of plants was raised by Veitch. Alfred Rehder. ^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 It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article.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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