Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Pink Cloud' Sinclair Adam in 'Plena' the fully double

in 'Plena' the fully double

or in a large container for a covered porch

Heat and drought hold no terror for this shrub

a shaded courtyard

Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Pink Cloud' Sinclair Adam in 'Plena' the fully doubleErnest Wilson came across this shrub in the late summer of 1901, up in the mountains above Ichang in western Hubei, and sent the seed home to Veitch in Exeter. Of the two thousand or so Asian plants he introduced to the West, "Chinese" Wilson counted Kolkwitzia amabilis among his finest, which is no small ranking once you consider the company they were keeping. Dirr, in the Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, is content to let the explorer have the last