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mountains of northern Vietnam, where they are relatively common
where the surrounding vegetation allows at 2000m.The exact same
altitude that we find them at in the eastern Himalayas. Eupatorium
sp. nova from Vietnam FMWJ13428 like the preceding, is
relatively common where the surrounding vegetation allows, yet is
not so altitudinally restricted. A small species with slender serrated
foliage and wide terminal inflorescences of pink flowers. Ferula
communis ssp. glauca BSWJ12999 was too tempting to leave on
the hot stony riverside where we found it growing on one of our
visits to Italy this last summer. In contrast Geranium shikokianum
v. quelpaertense 'Crûg's Cloak' BSWJ1234 was just a frozen
shrivelled leaf poking through the snow on the summit of the only
mountain (volcano actually) where it is native to. On Hallasan the
highest peak in South Korea, on the island of Chejudõ. A variety
only propagated from division as it hybridises so readily. Please see
our formal description at the end section of this plant list for more
detail.We can take no credit for Hedychium 'Helen Dillon' other
than a determination to differentiate this superlative hybrid from H.
forrestii which it appears to be confused with. H. forrestii is common
in the area of northern Vietnam where we work, bearing pure
white flowers for a long period from October to December, far too
late to form seed for us to collect.To date all the entries in the RHS
Plant Finder as H. forrestii that I have followed up turn out to be this
hybrid, hence in an attempt to avert further confusion I have named
it after the dear friend who generously gave us a slice of her plant
some years ago. Please see our formal description at the end section
of this plant list for more details. Impatiens qingchanganica 'Emei
Dawn' DJHC98415 is included here as this superb form has
finally been identified to species level. Lilium davidii may not be
new to cultivation, but is new to our offerings, taking us an
inexplicably long time to bulk up. L. aff. majoense KWJ12064 on
the other hand was an unexpected additional find on the road
leading to Sapa northernVietnam at 1700 m in 2007.Where it grew
on shady vertical cliffs, rooting into cracks and narrow shelves
forming slender stems with scattered lanceolate leaves, 1-2m tall.
Bearing 1-many large yellow pendant trumpet flowers with
recurving tepals, stained red in the base August-October. L.
medeoloides BSWJ4184 is one of several collections gathered from
Korean forests. Arising from distinct small bulbs composed of
narrow articulated scales, to an upright stem eventually 75cm tall
carrying a whirl of up to 12 leaves. Below a whirl of orange
irregularly red spotted turk's-cap flowers. Lycianthes biflorum
FMWJ13059 is another small woodlander, which we find in the
high altitudinal forests of northern Vietnam. Generally about 50cm
tall with dark foliage, bearing bright red fruit when we are there,
the result of the lilac summer flowers. Maianthemum forrestii
certainly flourishes in woodland.The hairy stems of clasping elliptic
leaves terminating in a raceme of green-whitish starry flowers in
spring, followed by fleshy red fruits. M. henryi BWJ7616 is my own
collection of this species with stems that terminate in a spikes of
yellowish tubular highly scented flowers in spring, followed by
fleshy red fruits. M. japonicum v. mandshurica BSWJ7306 is a
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