Kolkwitzia amabilis

Kolkwitzia amabilis Graebner (China) – An exceptional escape from cultivation. A single shrub was found on the verge of spontaneous woodland (on debris of building materials) in Kortrijk in 2012.

Records of Kolkwitzia amabilis are rather sparse in Europe although it is not rare in cultivation. It is known to self seed for instance in the British Isles (Stace 2010; see also Clement 1984).

Kolkwitzia amabilis, Kortrijk, on the verge of spontaneous woodland, July 2012, D. Derdeyn Kolkwitzia amabilis, Kortrijk, on the verge of spontaneous woodland, July 2012, D. Derdeyn
Kolkwitzia amabilis, Kortrijk, on the verge of spontaneous woodland, July 2012, D. Derdeyn


Selected literature:

Clement E.J. (1984) Alien flora of walls in the south west. BSBI News 36: 23.

Stace C. (2010) New Flora of the British Isles, 3th ed.: XXXII + 1232 p. Cambridge University Press.

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Kolkwitzia amabilis (Species List)
Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith