Oreopanax in cultivation

摘要

More widely grown over 100 years ago, this unusual genus is being revived in cultivation. DOUG SMITH describes how he has assembled a collection.During trips to the south of France with my wife, some years ago, we inevitably visited a number of gardens. At Pare Phoenix, a stone's throw from Nice airport, and again at Le Val Rahmeh in Menton, we came across impressive species of a genus which I had not encountered before, Oreopanax. It is in the famiiy Ara/iaceae, for which we hold a National Plant Collection. Further investigation was clearly going to be necessary.