Schima x Franklinia (×Schimlinia floribunda) Vilmorin which is either a warning

which is either a warning or an invitation

which carries a handsome evergreen well into zone 5

an ancient line of seed-bearing gymnosperms far closer to conifers than to any true palm

and grows wild in the dappled shade of woodland edges and stream banks where few other bright flowers will bloom

Those oils have flavored food since antiquity

Schima x Franklinia (×Schimlinia floribunda) Vilmorin which is either a warningSchimlinia floribunda is one of the rarest woody plants a gardener can grow: a deliberate intergeneric hybrid between two members of the tea family, Theaceae, uniting the fabled Franklinia alatamaha with the Asian evergreen Schima argentea. The cross marries the ornamental drama and hardiness of Franklinia with the vigor, adaptability, and evergreen constitution of Schima, and the result carries large, camellia like white flowers, glossy foliage, and