Beautybush Kolkwitzia amabilis - Arnoldia
Beautybush Kolkwitzia amabilis - Arnoldia Beautybush Kolkwitzia amabilis - Arnoldia
BeautybushKolkwitzia amabilisMichael DosmannIt was in the late summer of 1901, whileexploring the mountains northwest ofIchang, Hubei, China, that Ernest Henry Wilsonencountered a shrub which would becomeone of his favorite introductions: Kolkwitziaamabilis. At the time, he wasn’t even quitesure what it was—his notes for collection #1007simply state that the unnamed plant was 5 feet(1.5 meters) tall, had been free-flowering, withpossibly red blooms, and had spinose fruits. Theseeds were sent to Veitch Nursery in Englandwhere they germinated and grew. In November1907, plants (labeled as Abelia sp.) were sent tothe Arnold Arboretum—the species’ first introductionto North America.Shrubs (now under the correct moniker Kolkwitzia)flowered at the Arboretum for the firsttime in June 1915. Their early-summer displaysof pink blossoms, profusely borne on archingbranches, so impressed Wilson and others thatit was christened beautybush. Thereafter, inearly to mid June, the Arboretum’s Bulletinof Popular Information routinely includeda glowing snippet about the blooming Kol-Michael DosmannBeautybush bears a profusion of pink blossoms in early summer.
<strong>Beautybush</strong><strong>Kolkwitzia</strong> <strong>amabilis</strong>Michael DosmannIt was in the late summer of 1901, whileexploring the mountains northwest ofIchang, Hubei, China, that Ernest Henry Wilsonencountered a shrub which would becomeone of his favorite introductions: <strong>Kolkwitzia</strong><strong>amabilis</strong>. At the time, he wasn’t even quitesure what it was—his notes for collection #1007simply state that the unnamed plant was 5 feet(1.5 meters) tall, had been free-flowering, withpossibly red blooms, and had spinose fruits. Theseeds were sent to Veitch Nursery in Englandwhere they germinated and grew. In November1907, plants (labeled as Abelia sp.) were sent tothe Arnold Arboretum—the species’ first introductionto North America.Shrubs (now under the correct moniker <strong>Kolkwitzia</strong>)flowered at the Arboretum for the firsttime in June 1915. Their early-summer displaysof pink blossoms, profusely borne on archingbranches, so impressed Wilson and others thatit was christened beautybush. Thereafter, inearly to mid June, the Arboretum’s Bulletinof Popular Information routinely includeda glowing snippet about the blooming Kol-Michael Dosmann<strong>Beautybush</strong> bears a profusion of pink blossoms in early summer.
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