Next year, Plant Delights will be introducing a fabulous new, dark pink-flowered selection of the native, Macbridea caroliniana, discovered by our former Plant Records/Taxonomist, Zac Hill. Macbridea ‘Pink Hill’ is a dramatic change from the light pink flowers we’ve seen on the commercial material, as a you can see below, when grown in rich, slightly moist soils, it makes on heckuva summer show. Hardiness Zone 6b-9a.
was it named for mary mc bride from buena creek gardens who worked at everything under the boss steve bringham the human plant encyclopedia who I too worked under as garden manager who let me do what I saw and blended what bobrooks and norm were owners of before steve bought the joint and I began to slowly fly off on my own? Probably not but I still up and fast so bye neat plant who knows here.
local dragon excellent clone from lincoln park nj in ’73 huge sweet like watermelon self fertile or bees I don’t bother ,consumes jacarunda in garden here since planted in ’91 have tons to give. my gardener bud from acapulco loves and craves it as does his oxaacan? wife.kids.not on any so media
Unfortunately, no. Macbridea is named after a SC botanist, James Macbride (1784 to 1817).