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R. anthopogon

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Prod. Code: ac83-209_sl503a

Small compact evergreen shrubs with aromatic, densely scaly leaves.  The leaves are so densely covered with scales that they are typically a gold- or silver-brown in color.  The small daphne-like flowers (mid- to late spring) can be white to pale yellow, pink or deep rose in color and have a “tissue-paper” texture.  This alpine species requires excellent drainage and can be sensitive to fertilizer.  A choice species for the rock garden or other sunny location.  A widespread and variable species native to the eastern Himalaya where it occurs in alpine habitats from 9,000 to 16,000 ft.

 

1968/588  'Betty Graham'  L&S#1091:Glendoick  (-5\R3\4).  Deep pink flowers and an upright habit on this 1969 Award of Merit selection from E Bhutan.  Our first offering in many years of this fine plant.

 

1977/682  Brodick  (0).  Compact, intricately branched shrub with aromatic leaves.  This is the rare yellow-cream form.

 

1980/152  Frisbie  (-5\R3\4).  This is an unusual form with long narrow leaves and an upright habit.  White flowers.

 

1982/171  HED#397-HED  (0 or -5?).  Shiny foliage and creamy yellow flowers in this clone collected at 14,100 ft. in the Langtang Valley, Nepal.  Compact form to 2 ft.

  

   

   404sd1999 Choice and slow growing, dwarf alpine species with pink to white or yellow daphne-   like clusters of flowers in mid-spring. Rounded fragrant foliage, these are grown from seed collected wild at 12,600 ft. in the Sikkim Himalaya. Best in morning sun w/ excellent drainage.  (-5\R3\2)

 

 

 

anthopogon ssp. hypenanthum

 

Dwarf compact evergreen shrubs with tiny rounded to elliptic aromatic leaves.  The leaves are shiny and dark green above with dark brown scales beneath.  The beautiful flowers (mid-spring) are borne in small rounded inflorescences and are tissue paper-like in texture.  They resemble the tubular flowers of a Daphne and range in color from white to yellow, pink or deep rose.  A choice species for the alpine garden but rather difficult in cultivation, requiring a bright but not hot exposure and excellent drainage in a moist soil.  Native to the western Himalayas from Kashmir to E Nepal where it occurs in various alpine habitats from 11,000 to 18,000 ft.

 

1965/492  Corsock  (-5\R3\18 inches). Choice and slow-growing, dwarf alpine species with yellow daphne-like clusters of flowers in mid-spring.  Best in morning sun with excellent drainage. 

 

1979/051  'Annapurna'  SS&W#9090:Glendoick  (-5\R3\2).  Dark yellow flowers on this 1974 Award of Merit clone.

 

1983/209  GLE:GAM  (-5\R3\2).  This clone with primrose-yellow flowers grown from seed collected wild on Annapurna in Nepal