Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Pink Cloud' Sinclair Adam opening in late spring over

opening in late spring over slender stems and small

or a winter sky

'Red Sprite' flowers early

or in a large container for a covered porch

a shaded courtyard

Kolkwitzia amabilis 'Pink Cloud' Sinclair Adam opening in late spring overErnest 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