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Large, upright growing shrubs or small trees with very densely scaly foliage and young stems. The leaves and stems are fragrant when crushed or on a hot sunny day. The widely funnel-shaped flowers (mid-spring) come in various shades of pink or lavender and even white flushed pink, usually with darker spots or a blotch. A very ornamental and easily grown species for sun or shade, providing a great display of flowers every spring. Quite variable over its extensive range in SW China and adjacent N Myanmar where it occurs in various habitats from 7,500 to 14,000 ft. Grown from seed collected in the wild. Very vigorous young plants with attractive scaly foliage. 

One of the finest, easiest and most attractive of all species. Rounded leaves and bronzy new growth. This is a large-flowered form with the darkest pink flowers of any clone in our collection. Easy in sun or shade and relatively drought tolerant once established, this is one of the best and most ornamental of all species for general garden use.

These plants are the result of a natural hybridization occurrence in the wild. The seed was collected from plants of the newly described species R. yuanbaoshanense but the resulting plants are obviously "contaminated" by R. fortunei which was growing nearby. These are vigorous seedlings with rounded leaves and are very similar in appearance to the fantastic yuanbaoshanense but are just a bit "off" from what you would expect these plants to look like. 

Large shrubs closely allied to the familiar calophytum with similar very large leaves but slightly different in shape and with a shiny upper leaf surface. The early spring flowers differ from those of calophytum in their slightly different shape, and in the fact that they are a solid pinkish-purple in color. Quite rare in the wild, two separate expeditions have failed to locate this species in the Jinggang Shan of western Jiangxi where it is thought to be endemic. This appears to be an isolated, far eastern extension of the calophytum complex. Grown from hand-pollinated seed produced here in the RSBG. Massive leaves on these beautiful specimens.

These are seedlings grown from a hand-pollination done here at the RSBG utilizing one of our best, deep red forms of thomsonii with its rounded leaves and bell-shaped flowers combined with our hardiest form of griffithianum in an attempt to “redo” the original cross that resulted in the famous “Cornish Cross” grex of hybrids. These hybrids feature large flowers in luminous shades of deep pink fading to pale pink for a beautiful two-tone effect. All set off by the large colorful calyces and smooth bark inherited from both parents. Please let us know how your plant survives and what the flowers look like when it blooms.  

A classic Lord Aberconway hybrid, one of many in the “Lady Chamberlain Group”. This selection was made from the cross cinnabarinum (yellow form) x ‘Royal Flush Group” (orange form) which actually makes it three-quarters cinnabarinum. Lovely butter yellow flowers with a reddish flush at the base of the tube. Now rarely seen in gardens. Winner of a First Class Certificate in 1944.  

This is a taxon that we refer to as the “Guizhou form” of the incredibly widespread and variable ssp. discolor. Like its close relatives, it forms a large and vigorous, upright evergreen shrub with smooth, bright green foliage. The lightly fragrant flowers appear in mid-summer and are a striking pure white, often flushed with deep green in the throat. This is an easily grown, floriferous garden plant with heat and cold tolerance. Grown from seed collected in the wild.

This is a large and vigorous, upright evergreen shrub with smooth, bright green foliage. The large and showy fragrant flowers are white flushed pink to deep pink in mid- to late spring, providing a grand display. This is an easily grown, floriferous garden plant with heat and cold tolerance. One of the best all-around species for gardens. These are grown from seed collected in the wild in a newly explored region. Nice large specimens!