Tamarix ramosissima ‘Rubra’ George Forrest this Chinese form carries the

this Chinese form carries the same star-like early-summer bloom

evergreen foliage gives the tree a presence unmatched by the northern kin

the tarflower

The Meiwa kumquat is the sweet one

where the tree first bore fruit

Tamarix ramosissima ‘Rubra’ George Forrest this Chinese form carries theImagine a shrub that looks like a conifer caught in an airy, pink flowering daydream. Tamarix ramosissima, often called tamarisk or saltcedar, is a deciduous shrub or small tree with fine, scale like leaves that read as cedar from ten feet away, yet drop in winter. That contradiction is the charm: conifer like texture on a plant that is no conifer at all. 'Rubra' is grown for rosy pink, plume like panicles that dress the branch tips in late spring,