×Schimlinia 'Schima Lina Ding Dong' Richard Lynch Shelter the plant from harsh

Shelter the plant from harsh winter wind and late frost

in a season when little else is on offer

and akigiri reads loosely as autumn paulownia

the eighteenth-century Dutch governor of the Cape of Good Hope

×Schimlinia 'Schima Lina Ding Dong' Richard Lynch Shelter the plant from harshA modern Franklin tree with year round presence and late summer perfume. Schimlinia 'Schima Lina Ding Dong' is a rare intergeneric hybrid bred to capture the romance of the lost Franklin tree while adding real garden durability. Raised by the Mountain Crop Improvement Lab at NC State, the selection crosses Franklinia alatamaha, the legendary Georgia native long gone from the wild and famous for luminous white flowers, with Schima remotiserrata, a