Description
These are propagated from a cultivated stock imported from China many, many years ago and grown on in cultivation.
The stock makes strong healthy plants showing some variation in ‘flower’ colour from almost white (with no pink) to pale and mid pink with pale green and white striping and all are fragrant. This strain sets seed freely, as they are not clonal.
The species grows well in a well-drained, fertile, garden soil in full sun (or light shade). It appears above ground very late in the season, often June or even July. This is normal. It also means that they are available later in the spring than many other species.
