xPyllothamnus erectus #1 "Crinolines' by Barry Starling

[johnw]

I hope everyone is aweare of this marvelous bigeneric hybrid by Barry Starling down in Devon.   It seems to have everything going for it: winter hardiness, a profuse bloomer, very large clear pink flowers, fine glossy foliage, a bushy habit & rootability with great ease.

The first two shots are of a cutting grown plant started late winter 2020.  Photos 3 & 4 show 'Crinolines' in the ground for a few years.

johnw

[pfirsich48]

Great looking plant with high praise for growability and and winter hardiness - very interested in how someone due west in Downeast Maine might obtain this beauty

[johnw]

Due west yes but the border (6 hour drive from here) is firmly closed until autumn likely, when everyone here is vaccinated.  We've propagated a few but are spoken for already. We'll be propagating more for next year but cannot ship across the border without a phyto, that process is cheap enough ($12) but involves 2 drives across the harbour in traffic and can chew up an entire morning.  I'd imagine this also portends of what's in store with Brexit; gone are the days when the UK inspector would come out to my London hotel, inspect, sign the papers and have a pint!! 

I'll try to get cuttings to a nursery friend close to the border.

john

[pfirsich48]

Thank you for your reply, I am patient and can wait for a more appropriate time to obtain this plant.  I have been to Wrightmans and knew Harvey if that is your nursery contact near the border. I understand that the time is inopportune for accessing this plant so will wait for possible purchase sometime in the future (if there is one).

[johnw]

I'll get some cuttings to Esther when more are available.   You could ask her if I already sent some to Irene, maybe she has it underway and I failed to record sending it to her.

Hamamellis coming out along with Lonicera x purpusii 'Winter Beauty', Skimmia reevesiana and Viburnum x bodnantense 'Dawn'. The last two will be sorry!

john