Looking lovely in our parking lot this week is the Southeast US native, Halesia diptera var. magniflora ‘Pine Apple’. This is a seed strain we named from a 2011 collection in Wilcox County, Alabama. Hardiness is Zone 5b-9a, at least.
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That IS lovely. What is different about this cultivar ‘Pine Appple’ than the straight species, or other cultivars, that you chose this seedling?
The foliage is dramatically larger, look more like a native styrax than an Halesia.