Ficus roxburghii 26/1 Restock Gelsemium sempervirens

Gelsemium sempervirens

the Chinese plumbago

Upright and clean

Aucuba carry their sexes on separate plants

and green wherever the winters allow

Ficus roxburghii 26/1 Restock Gelsemium sempervirensIn the forests of the Himalayan foothills and across monsoon Asia grows a fig of ancient bearing, Ficus roxburghii, known to botanists today as Ficus auriculata and to gardeners as the elephant ear fig. This is no dainty exotic. In the tropics the plant makes a bold small tree; in the American South, where hard frost cuts back the top, the fig returns from the root each year as a heroic perennial, with a presence as memorable as a live oak draped in