R. occidentale 'Frilly Star' Japanese Gardens

R. occidentale 'Frilly Star' Japanese GardensAnother of the Smith Mossman discoveries found near Big Lagoon on Stagecoach Hill, CA. This one has super frilly edges to every petal, white with a gold blotch in the upper petal. The flowers open to a full ball truss with pink stripes in the flowers as well. The contrasting bright pink buds add interest as the flowers open. The fragrance will be heavy like all of the R. occidentale, and the shrub will grow fairly large. There were many numbered

upright to broadly spreading habit

a little over one thousand trees had survived for millennia in a region that ironically is not even Metasequoia’s ideal environment

Here is an evergreen azalea with a very flashy flower

psudochrysanthum

'Black Pearl' flowers heavier than the species

as they are not found near each other geographically

A NEW weeping form of Bald Cypress

Relatively fast growing

grown by the Thompson Nursery in Waldport

giving a blending of pastels

and displays small copper buds at the ends of the branches in spring

The magnificent blooms appear in late spring or early summer