This unusual shrub is covered in racemes of discreet flowers on the Fairway.
Commemorating the plant collectors Ernest Henry Wilson (1876-1930) and Augustine Henry (1857-1930), who both botanised extensively in China, Sinowilsonia henryi is a seldom grown member of the witch hazel family (Hamamelidaceae). The genus Sinowilsonia bears only this single species from central and western China where it grows on streamside banks at altitudes of approximately 1000m above sea level. This species is considered to be near threatened in the wild by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. S. henryi is wide-spreading in habit and can ultimately reach 6m in height. It has elliptic to ovate leaves with toothed margins, and bears pendulous catkin-like racemes of red-tinged, green flowers, with the male catkins drooping and reaching 6cm in length, and the females 3cm in length, and maturing to produce fruit capsules up to 15cm long. In gardens S. henryi is grown as a botanical curiosity.