Prize for the plant with the longest name at Chelsea must go to sinocalycalycanthus raulstonii 'Hartage Wine', a new introduction from Hillier Nurseries.
It was developed by Richard Hartage, head gardener at the JC Raulston Arboretum in North California by crossing sinocalycanthus chinensis and calycanthus floridus.
The deciduous shrub has glossy green foilage and lightly-scented, semi-double burgundy blooms that resemble certain varieties of clematis. It flowers from May to September and the leaves turn butter-yellow in the autumn.
Nice one Hilliers...
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