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Large upright evergreen shrubs or trees to 45 ft. A big-leafed species with leaves up to 12 or even 18 inches long, shiny green on top with a woolly white to pale brown indumentum below.  The flowers (early to late spring) are yellow or yellowish-white with a purple blotch in a huge, magnificent inflorescence. One of the more common, hardy and easy to cultivate members in this popular group. Native to NE India (Manipur and Nagaland) where it occurs in mixed woodlands or forms pure stands from 8,000 to 10,000 ft.

1975/180  KW#20304:Cecil Smith  (+5 to0\R1\7).  Popular and easy big-leaf species with large trusses of yellow flowers with a purple blotch.  Impressive large leaves.  Best in light shade with adequate summer irrigation.

1975/227  Corydon Wagner  (+5).  One of the grandest displays of the genus.  The foot-long oval leaves, like green platters felted silver below and the translucent fluted flowers, arranged into clusters of deep demitasse bells, manage to impress without seeming ostentatious by virtue of the consistent scale of the parts and the soft yellow coloring of the corollas as shown in the front cover photograph of this clone, ARS Bulletin, July 1970 (Vol. 24, No. 3).

1975/245  KW#20304:Cecil Smith  (+5).  Cecil Smith’s selection from 1950 seed which, between freezes, has managed to produce large, clear-yellow trusses and much admiration.

1975/285  (Tower Court Form)  TC:CH  (+15).  Form with light yellow flowers.

1976/338  Phetteplace (+5\R1\6). The famous FCC form (1938) with pale yellow flowers. Very few of these available, our first offering in years of this fine famous clone.  Large plants.

1993sd109  (+15).  Seedlings of 76/308 (“Trewithen form”) selfed.

1993sd117  RSBG  (+5\R1\6).  Seedlings from a hand-pollinated cross here at the RSBG.  Our 76308 (the famous “Trewithen form” – with lemon-yellow flowers and maroon nectaries) selfed.  Spectacular large foliage plant with huge yellow flowers.

333sd2003  Large pale yellow to yellow flowers - usually with a purple blotch. Beautiful large rounded to elliptic leaves with a thick pale indumentum beneath. These are seedlings from a controlled cross made by the Davies of New Zealand between the FCC form and a clone from DT#011 (ex. Nagaland). Vigorous young plants, this is an easily grown, beautiful species. (+5\R1\6)