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An amazing and very distinct species from the temperate rainforests of the Eastern Himalaya. This virtually unknown species has remarkable stiff and leathery, narrowly heart-shaped leaves to around three inches long - each leaf covered with long silky silvery hairs. The new growth emerges bright red-purple and is complemented by the small, bright yellow flowers. Very slow-growing and requiring excellent drainage. Not very hardy so best in a container in colder climates (Pacific NW for example!) but quite happy rootbound in a pot due to its epiphytic nature. A real beauty and very different from any other species.
Upright but compact-growing evergreen shrubs with beautiful smooth and peeling, deep red-brown bark. The rather stiff and thick foliage is quite attractive, glossy green on the upper surface with golden scales on the lower. The flowers (late winter indoors, early spring outdoors) are bright to deep yellow and bell-shaped with flaring lobes. It is a very distinct and, in my opinion, a rather stunning species. Native to W Yunnan, China and adjacent N Myanmar where it grows as an epiphyte or in other exceptionally well-drained areas such as on rocks and cliffs. These are grown from a hand-pollination using plants resulting from the only re-collection of this very rare species since it was originally collected by Kingdon Ward in the “Triangle” of N Myanmar in 1953.
A newly introduced dwarf species with small bell-shaped rose-purple flowers in the autumn, very distinctive small and very dark gray-green elliptic leaves and a very dwarf and compact, but “tree-like” habit. Native to the eastern Himalaya, this is basically the western “purple” flowered form of the yellow-flowered monanthum from the Yunnan/Myanmar frontier although they are easily distinguished visually. An epiphyte in the wild, this requires excellent drainage, great in a moss-lined hanging basket. Our first offering of this rare taxon which has only been introduced from the wild this one time (2005).
Over-the-top ornamental evergreen shrubs with smooth and peeling bark. The distinctive foliage is extremely attractive with a heavily puckered (bullate) texture above and a thick tawny indumentum below. The large and fragrant white to white flushed pink flowers appear in mid-spring. Requires sharp drainage. Great in a container or on an old stump or log. The hairs on the leaves on plants from this end (eastern) of the range of the species have a golden hue. From seed collected in the wild in the Sino-Himalaya.
Over-the-top ornamental evergreen shrubs with smooth and peeling bark. The distinctive foliage is extremely attractive with a heavily puckered (bullate) texture above and a thick tawny indumentum below. The large and fragrant white to white flushed pink flowers appear in mid-spring. Requires sharp drainage. Great in a container or on an old stump or log. The hairs on the leaves on plants from this end (western) of the range of the species have a silvery hue. From seed collected in the wild in the Sino-Himalaya.
A Maddenia closely related to nuttallii but typically with narrower foliage that is more strongly glaucous-white beneath. Very large and fragrant white flowers with a strong yellow-orange blotch in mid-spring to early summer (depending upon the provenance). Smooth and peeling bark. One of the hardiest of the larger-flowered maddenias - has survived outdoors in the ground for many years at the RSBG. Requires excellent drainage. Grown from wild collected seed. This is the more “typical” form (if such a thing can be said about this enigmatic species) with very large leaves and blooming in early summer.
A very rare species both in cultivation and in the wild. Superb smooth and peeling cinnamon bark and hairy foliage. The unusually shaped flowers (a long narrow tube with flaring lobes) emerge cream with pale pink strips, fading to pure white with a green-gold blotch in the throat. Requires excellent drainage but vigorous and easy. This species, native to southern Vietnam is now probably extinct in the wild, its only known population having been cut down for fuel wood.
Probably to be named as a new species. A beautiful shrub as seen in the wild, with fantastic smooth and peeling red-brown bark. Stiff and glossy foliage with long ciliate hairs along the margins. Large white flowers with fragrance. From wild seed collected in a newly explored region of the eastern Himalaya. Should make a fine container specimen in colder areas.
One of the hardiest of the Maddenia. This species has large funnel-shaped white flowers flushed red with yellow in the throat. Attractive bark and glossy foliage. A fine form from the RBGE with a strong overlay of red in the flowers.
This is a superb Award of Merit selection with large funnel-shaped white flowers flushed yellow in the throat. Very attractive bark and glossy foliage on this Maddenia.
This is an amazing clone with pale creamy yellow (almost white) double flowers. The long-lasting flowers are like small roses with layer upon layer of petals. Blooms over a long period. Attractively hairy foliage with smooth and peeling bark. Very hardy for a Maddenia and stunning in flower.
The large trumpet-like and very fragrant white flowers (mid-spring) of this Award of Merit selection are strongly flushed with rose. Fantastic flowers and smooth peeling bark on what we consider to be the best form of this always beautiful species. Requires excellent drainage. A very beautiful flower, quite happy in a container.