Pot Size: 4 litre (deep) Price: £40.00 Description: A very distinct species, which we collected from Fansipan the highest mountain in northern Vietnam. A woody-stemmed evergreen twining climber to 5m long, bearing 3 broad dull green parchment-textured leaflets conspicuously veined, that are pale below. Adorned in April-June with a mass of separate exceptionally (for Holboellia) large, white purple tinted male and female fruity scented flowers, followed by edible plum-shaped purple fruits, when pollinated. Best grown in a good garden soil enriched with organic matter, will require a sheltered site out of freezing winds, preferably in as much sun as possible to encourage flowering. Closely related to and similar in habit to Stauntonia. First introduced misidentified as H. chapaensis.
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