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and to bring Botanical Illustration to the attention of many audiences.

 USBG   1st FS   LONGWOOD 
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Botanical Name Origin Source Type LIST NOTES
Magnolia acuminata var. subcordata South Carolina, 1788 SB tree LONGWOOD 8-10' tree, creamy yellow flower
Euphorbia pulcherrima  Mexico ca. 1829, through Buist Nursery of Philadelphia LONG   LONGWOOD common poinsettia, longwood can do large specimens, 36-42"
Ilex opaca ‘Longwood’ Virginia, 1927 SB   LONGWOOD  
Lagerstroemia fauriei ‘Fantasy’  Japan 1956 SB   LONGWOOD use for form only if needed, tuff force
Lagerstroemia fauriei ‘Townhouse’  Japan 1956 SB   LONGWOOD use for form only if needed, tuff force
Chrysanthemum 219 cultivars Japan 1956 MBF   LONGWOOD variety of colors and forms could be fun
Ulmus ‘Columella’ India 1960 SB   LONGWOOD columnar, upright
Ulmus ‘Nanguen’ India 1960 SB   LONGWOOD  
Rhododendron – Hirado azaleas 30 cultivars  Japan 1961 MBF   LONGWOOD  
Euonymus fortunei ‘Longwood’ Japan 1961 MBF   LONGWOOD ground cover shrub, wall trailing
Cotoneaster microphyllus ‘Emerald Spray’ Nepal 1962 MBF   LONGWOOD ground cover shrub, wall trailing
Hedera helix ‘Yalta’ USSR 1963 MBF   LONGWOOD  
Disa uniflora  South Africa 1964     LONGWOOD will use as cut
Cantua ‘Hot Pants’  Peru 1965     LONGWOOD hot pink hanging bell shaped flowers
Paramongaia weberbaueri  Peru 1965 AMAND/MBF   LONGWOOD bulb, daffodil like flower
Magnolia campbellii  Nepal 1962, Darjeeling 1965 SB   LONGWOOD pink flower, feb-mar bloom
Victoria ‘Longwood Hybrid’  Peru 1965, Guiana 2005, Argentina 2006, 2008 LONG   LONGWOOD famous large platter water lilies
Impatiens hawkeri  New Guinea 1970 MBF   LONGWOOD New Guinea Impatiens, lots of varieties
Sedum spurium ‘John Creech’ USSR 1971 MBF   LONGWOOD  
Camellia japonica ‘Longwood Centennial’ South Korea 1984 MBF   LONGWOOD  
Camellia japonica ‘Longwood Valentine’  South Korea 1984 MBF   LONGWOOD  
Ilex serrata ‘Longwood Firefall’  Japan 1985 MBF   LONGWOOD  
Ilex crenata ‘Sky Pencil’  Japan 1985 SB   LONGWOOD  
Lantana trifolia  Japan 1987 MBF   LONGWOOD  
Petunia intergrifolia  Japan 1987 MBF   LONGWOOD purples and blues, wild variety
Plectranthus argentatus ‘Longwood Silver’  New Zealand 1991 MBF   LONGWOOD silver leaf, pink spikes
Pericallis ×hybrida  Canaries 1995 MBF   LONGWOOD lots of varieties, used at Macy's, Senetti
Tsuga chinensis China 1999 MORRIS?/SB   LONGWOOD taller, somewhat weepy, good disease resistance story
Buxus rugulosa var. prostrata  China 2000 MBF   LONGWOOD funky boxwood
Camellia azalea  China 2000 LONG   LONGWOOD very rare, we will use if Longwood will let us
Jasmine 'Sambac'   MBF   LONGWOOD fragrant, white bloom
Jasmine polyanthium   MBF   LONGWOOD fragrant
Cibotium sp.   MBF   LONGWOOD tree fern
Citrus sp   LONG   LONGWOOD 6-8', kumquats, calamondins
Cyperis   MBF   LONGWOOD water plant
Cannas   MBF   LONGWOOD water plant
colacasias   MBF   LONGWOOD  
alocasias   MBF   LONGWOOD  
Artocarpus altilis   MBF   LONGWOOD Breadfruit tree, great story but not sure we can get one with fruit
Clivia   MBF   LONGWOOD small orange variety
Echium   MBF   LONGWOOD tall, large, blue spikes…awesome if MB can force