Look at the size of those leaves! I love that it is fragrant also. Nice size blooms too. How cold hardy are they?

I have both of these trained as trees and just love them. The trunk on the wallichii is bigger then my thigh. I left the semminal one as a bush.

Wow, Cheryl, that is beautiful! How long does it bloom for you? Does it have any vices? I have Dombeya seminole. I love it, but this year it suffered from dieback. It still has bloomed a lot even in partial sun, but it is rather thin. Mine has no fragrance at all.

Katkin, I have heard you love to train things as standards. I bet this looks beautiful as one. Could you give us all a tutorial sometime about how you do it and show some pics? I would love to see pics of both you ladies' yards. Please?

Anna

Thanks for posting the ID! The one I got from you went gang busters. Great plant for this area! I just love the fuzzy leaves too. Smell is great as well.

Anna, I am sorry but I've never learned how to use a camera, I guess I never really had a desire to take pictures. I am too busy playing in the dirt.

As far as traing a plant to a standard, I get a small one with a straight leader, prune off anything else and let it grow. I support it with rebar if necessary keeping all side branches that I don't want pruned. It takes some work and some years to get some into "trees". And suckers need to be remove quickly so the energy stays with the leader.

Great advise Katkin!

As for blooming, it's a little later this year
probably because of that early cold snap
we had right after Thanksgiving.
Bloom time is 4-5 months, 10th of Dec till May.

Mine is 10-12 foot tall, crepe myrtle shaped,
with a couple of leaders.
This one has 4" balls of white flowers
that bloom up and down the branch.

The wallichii - also a winter bloomer -
blooms Christmas to March,
It has 5" hanging balls of pink flowers.
AKA: The Christmas Ball Tree
which you can see one at
the Florida Botanical Gardens here in Largo.

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Dombeya Wallchii

Anna, yours is the summer bloomer.
And , no, it has no fragrance,
but the hot pick flowers make it a keeper!......cheryl