Shrubs, 3 to 15 ft.Flowers (March-May) pale to deep pink, often with purple flecks.Very free flowering when mature.A hardy and easily grown species.Grows in thickets and on rocky slopes and limestone grown species.Grows in thickets and on rocky slopes and limestone cliffs from 10,000 to 15,000 ft. in W Yunnan and SW Sichuan, China.
1970/081CHP(-5).
1973/335(balfourianum var. aganniphoides)F#16316:RBG(-5).White flushed rose flowers.
1976/169(balfourianum var. aganniphoides)PHET(-5).Flowers white.
1976/251BEN(-5).Pink flowers with maroon flecks.
1997sd277JN#576:RSBG(-10\R1\3).Evergreen shrubs with a shiny silvery to brownish indumentum on the lower surface of the leaves.The flowers (mid-spring) are pink to purplish.These are grown from seed collected wild by Jens Nielsen at 13,500 ft. near Zhongdian in NW Yunnan, China.Should have “clear, bright pink flowers.”
1997sd300JN#126:RSBG(-10\R1\3).As for 1997sd277 above.
1997sd477JN#567:RSBG(-10\R1\3).Grown from seed collected from plants with “clear bright pink flowers” at 12,140 ft. in the Shika Shan of Zhongdian, NW Yunnan, China.\
balfourianum var. aganniphoides
1976/169("var. aganniphoides)Phetteplace(-10\R1\3).Rose buds open to white flushed rose flowers with magenta flecks
balfourianum var. balfourianum
Rounded and compact-growing evergreen shrubs. The leaves are ovate-lanceolate to somewhat elliptic in shape with a dense and shiny silvery to pale brownish indumentum on the lower surface. The flowers (mid-spring) are white flushed rose or rose to pink or purplish. A free-blooming species with showy flowers, this is one of the best all-around garden plants in subsection Taliensia. It has attractive foliage, hardiness and is generally easier in cultivation than most of its relatives. Native to W Yunnan and SW Sichuan, China where it occurs in various montane habitats from 10,000 to 15,000 ft.
1976/251Benmore(H4).A medium sized shrub to 8'.Selected from Benmore.
