Enkianthus In Autumn

It is an excellent choice for the woodland garden. Seldom over 10 feet tall and wide with bright green 1 to 2 inches long leaves.

Future Plants By Randy Stewart Enkianthus

Enkianthus in autumn

Tiny bell shaped nodding creamy yellow to whitish pink flowers each to 1 2 long with pink striping and edging appear in pendulous clusters racemes in late. Its habit is attractive in winter. Enkianthus chinensis a medium size deciduous shrub to small tree native to central southern china and northern burma.

The autumn foliage of enkianthus campanulatus on mount sanpokojin in northwest honshu japan philippe de spoelberch enkianthus cernuus ron rabideau enkianthus cernuus f. Sikokianus has deep red flowers streaked with pink and yellow. Campanulatus furin tsutsuji or redvein enkianthus a medium sized narrow upright deciduous shrub its bright green glossy foliage gives brilliant coppery to red fall colors.

Enkianthus campanulatus commonly called redvein enkianthus is an upright deciduous shrub which typically grows 6 8 tall less frequently to 10 15 it is native to open woodlands in japan. Autumn leaves are orange and red. Genus profile 82 june 2011 n the cultivar yanagiba has small spherical flowers that are deep red.

In spring it offers a profusion of bell shaped campanula little bell creamy white flowers with red veins similar to those of the distantly related pieris. Enkianthus campanulatus is an understated but elegant deciduous shrub that provides year round interest. Unless pruned showy lantern is densely branched to ground level so its habit is attractive in winter.

Better known than the species is the variety enkianthus c. Urn shaped lantern like snowy white flowers 1 3 long in drooping clusters bloom in april to early may slightly before or at the time of leaf emergence in. The foliage densely clustered at the ends of the stems are deep green turning to deep red purple in autumn.

Wildwood World 2015