Dies back in colder winters, but comes back. It puts on a fabulous winter show. It attracts more bees than most plants. You must be ve...Read Morery careful when smelling the delicious flowers. Roots easily from stem cuttings.
Winter Haven, FL (Zone 9b) | March 2011 | positive
I found one of these (very large 25-30 ft) growing in winter haven, fl. I saw the flowers and the large leaves and had no clue what it wa...Read Mores. I smelled the flowers and they had a wonderful buttery desert kind of aroma. I took several cuttings so we will see how well they take.
This plant is often mistaken for Dombeya wallichii.
An easy to see difference is that Dombeya wallichii has ...Read Moreheart shaped leaves (which turn bronze after a frost) and solid pink flowers. Dombeya x cayeuxii has three-lobed leaves and pink flowers that are white at the base.
Dies back in colder winters, but comes back. It puts on a fabulous winter show. It attracts more bees than most plants. You must be ve...Read More
I found one of these (very large 25-30 ft) growing in winter haven, fl. I saw the flowers and the large leaves and had no clue what it wa...Read More
This plant is often mistaken for Dombeya wallichii.
An easy to see difference is that Dombeya wallichii has ...Read More
The pink flowers are nice, but after a while they dry, and exhalate an acrid smell that atracts flies.