Schima x Franklinia (×Schimlinia floribunda) Vilmorin Native to Japan and South

Native to Japan and South Korea

rounded clusters of small

which carries a handsome evergreen well into zone 5

and grows wild in the dappled shade of woodland edges and stream banks where few other bright flowers will bloom

Those oils have flavored food since antiquity

Schima x Franklinia (×Schimlinia floribunda) Vilmorin Native to Japan and SouthSchimlinia floribunda is one of the rarest woody plants a gardener can grow: a deliberate intergeneric hybrid between two members of the tea family, Theaceae, uniting the fabled Franklinia alatamaha with the Asian evergreen Schima argentea. The cross marries the ornamental drama and hardiness of Franklinia with the vigor, adaptability, and evergreen constitution of Schima, and the result carries large, camellia like white flowers, glossy foliage, and