Philadelphus subcanus
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Genus
Synonyms
- Philadelphus wilsonii Koehne
- Philadelphus subcanus var. wilsonii (Koehne) Rehd.
Other taxa in genus
- Philadelphus argyrocalyx
- Philadelphus californicus
- Philadelphus coronarius
- Philadelphus delavayi
- Philadelphus 'Falconeri'
- Philadelphus hirsutus
- Philadelphus incanus
- Philadelphus inodorus
- Philadelphus insignis
- Philadelphus lewisii
- Philadelphus magdalenae
- Philadelphus mexicanus
- Philadelphus microphyllus
- Philadelphus pekinensis
- Philadelphus pubescens
- Philadelphus satsumi
- Philadelphus schrenkii
- Philadelphus sericanthus
- Philadelphus: The Hybrids
- Philadelphus tomentosus
- Philadelphus zeyheri
This species is very closely allied to P. incanus and was first separated from it in 1904. It differs in having the calyx and the underside of the leaves more sparsely hairy; also the disk and the lower part of the style are downy (glabrous in P. incanus). Native of W. Szechwan. Wilson may have introduced it while collecting for Messrs Veitch, but it is mainly and perhaps wholly represented in cultivation by Wilson’s introduction during his first expedition for the Arnold Arboretum. The plants (sometimes labelled P. wilsonii) flower earlier than P. incanus, in late June or early July.At Wakehurst Place in Sussex there are plants of unknown origin, the largest 15 ft high and as much wide, which agree with P. subcanus except that the style and disk is glabrous, as in P. incanus. The best is very free flowering, with racemes of up to eleven flowers, usually the lower two pairs in the axils of normal leaves.