This impressive bladdernut is bearing attractive bloom in the Rose Garden.
Reaching up to 10m in height this woody plant can be either shrubby in form, or grow to be a small, spreading tree. Staphylea holocarpa occurs naturally in central and western China, and is one of 11 northern hemisphere species. The selection ‘Rosea’ has pink-tinged flowers, and these are held in drooping, axillary panicles, while the emerging foliage has contrasting pink-bronze tints. The fruits are a three-celled, inflated, papery capsule, hence the common name for the genus of bladdernut.