1969/776Wales Wood(0).Glaucous underleaves harmonize with mid-season dusky plum flowers.
glaucophyllum ssp. glaucophyllum
Compact and spreading to somewhat upright and open evergreen shrubs with smooth and peeling reddish brown to purplish bark. The fragrant foliage on this attractive species is glossy green above and glaucous white beneath with brown and yellow scales. The bell-shaped flowers (mid- to late spring) are pink to rose, purplish or rarely white. A great species for the woodland garden or a more exposed situation where it will remain a bit more compact. Native to the eastern end of the Himalayas where it occurs in a wide variety of habitats from 9,000 to 12,000 ft.
1975/025Hillier(+5\R1\3).Dwarf shrubs with great ornamental features.The glossy green and fragrant foliage is glaucous white beneath.Pink bell-shaped flowers in mid-spring and smooth and peeling dark red-brown bark.Sun or shade.
1995/074CH&M#3114:Glendoick(+5\R1\3).Glossy green fragrant foliage with a glaucous white coating beneath.Pink bell-shaped flowers in mid-spring.Smooth and peeling red-brown bark.Sun or shade
glaucophyllum var. glaucophyllum
1965/491COR(+10).Deep pink flowers with darker spots.
1975/025Hilliers(+5\R1\3).The glossy green, fragrant foliage is glaucous white beneath.Pink-bell-shaped flowers in mid-spring.Attractive smooth and peeling red-brown bark.Good in sun or shade.
1999/031BB#8834:Sinclair(+5 to 0\R1\2-3).This clone grown from seed collected by Warren Berg at 10,800 ft. in Bhutan.
1997sd584SEH#598:RSBG(+5 to 0\R1\2-3).My own collection from 10,500 ft. in the Sikkim Himalaya.
glaucophyllum ssp. tubiforme
This variety differs from var. glaucophyllum in its more tubular flowers with a long straight style.The typical variety has a shorter, sharply bent style.Native to E Bhutan, W Arunachal Pradesh and SE Tibet. This variety is far less common than the typical in cultivation and may be a natural hybrid according to Cullen
