Franklinia Alatamaha Tree

This tree is part of a family of tea but the only species in the genus and is an extremely rare flowering plants. Trees originating from Georgia Altamaha River valley, has become extinct in the wild since the early 19th century. This beautiful tree can be found these days thanks to Bartram family, who breed the trees and spread them before extinction occurs in the wild. Plants that have flowers that are white and fragrant when blooming and the leaves change color to bright red in autumn, is now a very popular ornamental plant. All examples of this tree are today comes from one of the trees propagated by Bartram.

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