Primula vialii Japanese Gardens

Primula vialii Japanese GardensEasily identifiable by its striking conical inflorescences with red apex, Vials Primrose, Primula vialii is an alpine plant endemic to the southwest of Sichuan and north and northwest of Yunnan (China), where it grows in wet meadows between 2800 and 4000 m of altitude. Growing up to 10 inches tall, this species is also known as the 'Orchid Primrose'. Considered to be a rare plant in its natural habitat, we grew this one from seed. Likes to grow in

It is the sole species in the genus Lagarostrobos

Here you go all of you 'Hardy and Fragrant' rhododendron lovers

One of the Seven Dwarf collection named in England in the 1970's

When harvesting as cut flowers

8-10 ft tall and wide in many years

handsome evergreen shrub or small tree with beautiful smooth and peeling reddish-brown bark

and exceptionally floriferous

This big leaf rhododendron has been in our collection for many years

This cultivar originated 1984 at Hinrich Kordes Nursery

The flowers are 3" across and very lovely

I read this statement "For years it was known in the trade as 'Sekkan sugi'

For those that love the shirasawanum maples