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aganniphum var. aganniphum

Compact to quite large evergreen shrubs, generally remaining smaller in cultivation. A variable, widespread and common species in the wild. The attractive foliage is covered with a pale indumentum beneath. The flowers (mid-spring) are borne in a dense rounded inflorescence and vary in color from white to rose or deep pink, typically with numerous reddish spots. Very slow growing and rather difficult and thus rare in cultivation. A choice collector’s species. Native to China (SE Tibet, NW Yunnan & W Sichuan) where it is found in a wide variety of habitats from 11,000 to 15,000 ft

1976/270  H4.  April-May.  A medium sized shrub.

1977/771  (glaucopeplum)  F#25520:WGP  (-5).

1992/014  KW#5863  (-10\R3\3).  I have not seen this clone bloom.

1997sd275  JN#379:RSBG  (-10\R3\3).  Rare species in cultivation with beautifully indumented foliage.  Grown from seed collected wild by Jens Nielsen at 13,300 ft. in the Beima Shan, Yunnan, China.

1997sd350  JN#189:RSBG  (-10\R3\3).  Grown from seed collected wild by Jens Nielsen at 13,780 ft. in the Daxue Shan, Yunnan, China.  Rose to white flowers in mid-spring.  Best with very good drainage.

1997sd385  BH#095:RSBG  (-10\R3\3).  Grown from seed collected wild at 13,125 ft. near the Beima Shan, Yunnan, China.  Lovely pale indumentum.

1997sd443  (Glaucopeplum Group)  JN#656:RSBG  (-10\R3\3).  Grown from seed collected wild at 13,100 ft. in the Haba Shan, Zhongdian, NW Yunnan, China.  Shiny, dark green leaves with a pale indumentum on these stout seedlings.

2000sd149  CER#9901:RSBG  (-10\R3\3).  These are grown from seed collected by Garratt Richardson at 14,750 ft. on the Char La in SE Tibet.  Most of the aganniphum in this part of its range are a good deep pink.

aganniphum var. flavorufum

Dwarf to low-growing evergreen shrubs blooming mid- to late spring.  Flowers white or creamy white, often flushed pink, and variously marked with purple or rose.  Interesting and distinct foliage with a deep reddish brown indumentum which splits into irregular patches upon maturity.  Requires excellent drainage and a cool position.  Native to a wide variety of habitats and often common at elevations of 11,000 to 15,000 ft. in the mountains of SW China (SE Xizang, NW Yunnan and SW Sichuan).

    1970/407  RBGE (0 to -10?\R2\4).  Flowers white flushed rose with maroon flecks

aganniphum var. flavorufum affinity

This is an interesting and beautiful plant which has been grown and distributed for years as “bathyphyllum” from the Windsor collection under Forrest#14718. Recent chemical and morphological studies have shown that this clone is closer to aganniphum var. flavorufum and that the Windsor plant is misnamed and probably not derived from F#14718 (we now know that the real bathyphyllum is a naturally occurring hybrid between proteoides and aganniphum which looks completely different). Nomenclatural shenanigans aside, this is a fantastic foliage plant with a distinctive splitting brownish indumentum on the undersides of shiny ovate-elliptic leaves. Forms a beautiful rounded evergreen shrub in partial shade. I have not seen the flowers but they are probably the typical Taliensia white or white flushed rose in mid-spring.

1976/265  Windsor:Berg (-10\R2\3). A really nice looking plant for well-drained soils in a bright but not too hot exposure.

Photo Hans Eiberg