TsukuBlog | See the "Handkerchief Tree" (Davidia involucrata) Flutter Like White Doves in the Breeze – at the Tsukuba Botanical Garden
TsukuBlog A Local Perspective on Life in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan. See the “Handkerchief Tree” (Davidia involucrata) Flutter Like White Doves in the Breeze – at the Tsukuba Botanical Garden 18 April, 2021 Davidia involucrata is named after the man who “discovered” it, and introduced it to the west – the great naturalist (and Catholic missionary in China) Armand David (1826-1900) – who also gave Europe knowledge of the giant panda and Pere David`s deer – along with 63 previously unknown species of animal, 65 previously undescribed species of bird and numerous plants that hav...
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