Beaumontia grandiflora Wall.
Frost-tender, vigorous, evergreen, twining climber with large, ovate, deep green leaves, reddish when young, and fragrant, trumpet-shaped white flowers in terminal and axillary corymbs in spring and summer. To 15m. [RHSE, Hortus].
Horticultural & Botanical History
‘This fine plant has now been known in gardens in this country for some years, under the name of Beaumontia grandiflora, it having been so called by Dr. Wallich, we believe, in complement to the Lady of Colonel Beaumont, of Bretton Hall, in Yorkshire. But it had not flowered till the individual from which our drawing was made produced its blossoms, in Messrs. Whitley’s conservatory, at Fulham.’ [BR f.911/1825]. ‘This truly superb plant, in its flowers and foliage not inaptly resembling Datura arborea, and equally fragrant, was introduced by Dr. Wallich in 1818, from mountain-woods in Eastern Bengal.’ [BM t.3213/1833]. MB p.103/1846.
History at Camden Park
Listed in the 1850 and 1857 catalogues [T.139/1850].
Notes
Published Jan 16, 2009 - 11:41 AM | Last updated Jul 14, 2010 - 11:46 AM
Beaumontia grandiflora Wall. | BM t.3213/1833 | BHL
| Family | Apocynaceae |
|---|---|
| Category | |
| Region of origin | Asia |
| Synonyms | |
| Common Name | Herald?s trumpet, Nepal trumpet flower, Easter lily vine |
| Name in the Camden Park Record | Beaumontia grandiflora |
| Confidence level | high |
