×Schimlinia 'Schima Lina Ding Dong' Richard Lynch or a gravel garden

or a gravel garden

in a season when little else is on offer

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

a statuesque perennial that rises on stout

×Schimlinia 'Schima Lina Ding Dong' Richard Lynch or a gravel gardenA 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