Davidia involucrata vilmoriniana
Dove Tree, Ghost Tree, Handkerchief Tree ...
Davidia involucrata. DOVE TREE. China
NYSSACEAE (Tupelo family)
A small deciduous tree of handsome appearance with deep green toothed leaves to 6 inches, furry and paler underneath, with odor like mint.
Davidia involucrata is planted in the highlighted USDA hardiness zones to the left and is not known to widely escape cultivaton.
involucrata: circle or collection of bracts
Discovered by the French missionary Armand David in 1896 (hence Davidia) and introduced in 1904 by Ernest Wilson.
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Photinia davidiana (formerly Stranvaesia davidiana) is seriously underutilized, perhaps in part because the nursery trade hasn't come up with a decent common name for it.
Stranvaesia davidiana
( Chinese Stranvaesia )
Stranvaesia davidiana is a large shrub or small tree. Evergreen to semi-evergreen. It has an open, somewhat sparse habit.
Stranvaesia davidiana
Scientific Name: Stranvaesia davidiana Decne
Synonym:
Family: Rosaceae ...
Davidia involucrata, Dove tree
Nyssa, Tupelo
Oleaceae (Olive family)
Dove tree (Nyssaceae) in flower.
Davidia involucrata, the handkerchief or ghost tree, is a most ornamental hardy Chinese tree ultimately of medium size with a broad, spreading habit. The large handsome leaves are reminiscent of those of the lime (tilia).
Davidia involucrata
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Hardiness Zones:
1 ...
Davidia has flowers in capitula subtended by 2 large white bracts; it lacks a perianth and may have bitegmic ovules (but cf. Horne 1914). Diplopanax has recently been placed in Mastixiaceae s. str. (Eyde & Quiyun 1990; cf. Xiang et al. 1997).
Photinia davidiana
Problems
Photinias are usually trouble-free, but can suffer from photinia leaf spot which is not fatal and is an environmental disorder linked to cold weather, rather than a disease.
Bract Tree (Davidia Involucrata) - A remarkable tree from the mountains of C. China, where the winters are severe, it has proved hardy in this country. It belongs to the Dogwood family, and the large white bracts are more showy than the flowers.
DOVE TREE
Davidia involucrata
General Notes
Flowers look like small doves. SelecTree lists no cultivars of involucrata.
Davidia involucrata (Dove Tree, Ghost Tree, Handkerchief Tree, Family: Davidiaceae)
Davidsonia pruriens (Davidson's plum, Family: Davidsoniaceae)
Decussocarpus rospigliosii, Podocarpus rospigliosii (Pino Romeron, Pino Laso, Family: Podocarpaceae) ...
Ghost Tree [English]: Davidia involucrata
Ghost Tree [English]: Davidia involucrata 'Sonoma'
Ghost Tree [English]: Davidia involucrata var. vilmoriniana
Ghost Wattle [English]: Acacia platycarpa
Ghost Wattle [English]: Acacia sciophanes ...
davidiana Vigorous herbaceous plant. Height to 90 cm (3 ft). Flowers: in dense clusters like a hyacinth; 4cm (1 1/2 in); four to six sepals; lavender-blue sepals; very scented. Flowers mid-summer. Ternate leaves. Pruning -hard.
Franchet, A.R. (1884). Plantae davidianae ex Sinarum imperio. Paris.
Hooker, J.D. (1887). Xanthoceras sorbifolia. Curtis’s Bot. Mag. 113: tab. 6923.
Kew Science Editor: Martyn Rix
Copyediting: Emma Tredwell ...
'Discovery' elm
(Ulmus davidiana var. japonica 'Discovery')
Zone 3
12 x 9 ...
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Dove Tree, Handkerchief Tree
Latin: Davidia involucrata ...
 See also: May, Green, Pink, Japonica, Orange
  
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