Plant Introductions
Introductions from the Mountain Crop Improvement Lab
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Double Take™ Flowering Quince (Chaenomeles speciosa 'Scarlet Storm' PP20,951; 'Orange Storm' PP20,950; and 'Pink Storm' PP20,920)Unique thornless and fruitless quince with large, heavy double flowers and a range of colors. |
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'Crystalina' Summersweet (Clethra alnifolia 'Crystalina' PP21,561)A diminutive and refined summersweet with showy, fragrant flowers. |
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Invincibelle™ Spirit Mountain Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens 'NCHA1' PP20,765)A breakthrough shrub – the first ever pink mophead 'Annabelle' hydrangea. |
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'Sweet Tea' Mountain Gordlinia (xGordlinia grandiflora 'Sweet Tea')A rare intergeneric hybrid between Franklinia and Gordonia with semi-evergreen foliage and huge 5 inch diameter flowers. |
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Expressionistic™ Tutsans (Hypericum androsaemum 'Pollock', 'Matisse', and 'Picasso')An artistic series of seedless, non-invasive Tutsan with creative foliage colors and patterns. |
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'Sunset' Weigela (Weigela florida 'Sunset' PP23,212)A dwarf Weigela with unique multicolored foliage. |
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'Blizzard' Pearlbush (Exochorda 'Blizzard' PP23,329)A compact and refined pearlbush with a blizzard of large flowers at the first hint of spring. |
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'Venus' Sweetshrub (Calycanthus 'Venus' PP15,925)A 3-species hybrid with magnolia-like flowers and fruity aromas of melons and strawberries. |
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'JC Raulston' Mahonia (Mahonia 'JC Raulston')Spectacular plumes of golden flowers on a new native hybrid. |
Introductions from Friends and Colleagues
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'Borderline' Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens 'Borderline')
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'Swamp Hobbit' Florida Anise (Illicium floridanum 'Swamp Hobbit')
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'Southern Cerise' Piedmont Rhododendron (Rhododendron minus var. minus 'Southern Cerise')An exceptional southern form of R. minus with vivid pinkish-red (i.e., cerise) flower buds and tubes that open with bright, pinkish-violet petals. From Ron Miller. |
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'Betty Stiles' Harlequin Glorybower (Clerodendrum trichotomum 'Betty Stiles')Exceptional, cold hardy, tree form with fragrant flowers and showy fruit. From Hollis Wild and Betty Stiles. |
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'Summer Cascade' River Birch (Betula nigra 'Summer Cascade' PP15,105)A cascading form of our native river birch. From John and Danny Allen at Shiloh Nursery. |
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'Shiloh Splash' River Birch (Betula nigra 'Shiloh Splash' PP16,362 )A shrub form with a splashing variegation. From John and Danny Allen at Shiloh Nursery. |
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'Bryson City' Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba 'Bryson City')An upright, fastigiated street-tree form of Ginkgo. Brought from China by Mary Bryson Tipton in 1941. |
Updated July 31, 2013