Abeliophyllum distichum roseum Pollinator The slim leaves read almost

The slim leaves read almost like bamboo from a distance and pair well with ferns

and spectacular in flower

Like most camellias

and the plant keeps the brightest variegation when grown a little hungry and somewhat root-bound

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Abeliophyllum distichum roseum Pollinator The slim leaves read almostAbeliophyllum is a genus of exactly one species, a quiet distinction it has held since botanists first described it from Korea in 1919. It belongs to the olive family alongside lilac and true forsythia, and in the wild it survives at only a handful of sites in the Korean hills, where it is now protected by law as an endangered plant. By the 1930s it had reached gardens in Europe and North America and earned an Award of Merit from the Royal