Gaby Rosa

1)  Enkianthus campanulatus                    Redvein Enkianthus

• This attractive deciduous shrub is native to open woodlands in Japan.
• Tiny bell-shaped, creamy-yellow to reddish flowers held together in clusters.
• Small elliptic leaves turning bright red, orange and yellow in the fall.

2)  Davidia involucrata                     Handkerchief Tree

• This deciduous tree is native to woodlands in central China.
• Its small, reddish purple flower heads are surrounded by a pair of large, white bracts up to 30 cm. long, which are said to resemble dangling handkerchiefs or doves resting on the branches.

3)  Magnolia sieboldii                     Oyama Magnolia

• This deciduous shrub or small tree is native to Japan, southeastern China and Korea.
• Nodding fragrant white flowers with crimson stamens that bloom late May to July.

4)  Dipelta floribunda                     Rosy Dipelta

• This deciduous shrub is native to mixed forest areas in central and western China.
• Specific epithet comes from the Latin word, floribundus meaning abundant flowering in reference to bloom.
• Clusters of funnel-shaped creamy-white flowers, tinged pink and marked orange in the throat.

5)  Viburnum opulus                     European Cranberrybush

• This deciduous shrub is native to Europe, northwestern Africa and central Asia.
• The flowers are white, produced in corymbs 4–11 cm. (2–4 in.) in diameter at the top of the stems; each corymb comprises a ring of outer sterile flowers with conspicuous petals, surrounding a center of small (5 mm.) fertile flowers.