Radermachera hainanensis Seeds | Hainan Radermachera
LATIN NAME: Radermachera hainanensis
COMMON NAME: Hainan Radermachera
Plant Profile
Radermachera hainanensis, better known as Hainan Radermachera, is a tree in the trumpet-creeper family. The Hainan radermachera is a small, glossy tree of warm gardens, giving cool green of tropical look. Tree is a fine, handsome presence of warm garden, courtyard and large pot, and it is one of easy tropical-look trees of warm world. It is a tree of open, sunny to partly shaded, well-drained ground. It is the sort of plant that quietly justifies the space it occupies.
Science & Biotechnology
The species features in the wider study of the trumpet-creeper family, and its traits make it a useful subject for work on germination biology, cultivation and ornamental selection. The Hainan radermachera is a handsome, glossy subject of plant science, studied for large, compound leaves and funnel-shaped flowers. The practical point for growers is that this plant has been observed in gardens for so long that its behaviour holds few surprises.
Uses & Benefits
Gardeners value Hainan Radermachera for its ornamental character, and the plant also fits naturally into herb, vegetable and cutting gardens. The Hainan radermachera is a fine, glossy tree of warm garden and the courtyard. It has been written up in horticultural papers for glossy leaves and fast, easy ways, and it is a fine, long-lived tree of open, sunny to partly shaded, well-drained garden. Once it has its roots down, it more or less looks after itself.
China doll trees are fragrant-flowered foliage plants of Asia, grown for their glossy leaves and white trumpets.
Growing from Seed
Seed is the natural starting point for Hainan Radermachera, and the process is uncomplicated. Fill a pot with a light seed compost, sow evenly on the surface, cover thinly and stand it somewhere warm, bright and evenly moist. A cool, moist period before sowing helps the seeds wake evenly — a few weeks in damp medium in the refrigerator is the usual approach. Prick the seedlings out once they are large enough to handle, grow them on in bright light, and plant out when conditions allow.
Our Take
Hainan Radermachera has real presence in the garden without demanding much in return. The only critical period is germination, when the compost must stay evenly moist.
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