Hopley's,' above, but much more compact, denser, and flowers are a rich light pink. Very heavy blooming. Leaves are narrow, light grey green, stems reach 2'. Introduced by the Arboretum at UC Santa Cruz, may be a hybrid between a libonaticum type and a 'Hopley's' type. This variety hybridizes, seeds, and spreads prolifically, and will vary in compactness of habit and intensity of flower color.
Tiny cream colored flowers appear intermittently, with heaviest production in late summer.
Fragrance is light but intense, like Freesia , Boronia , or Citrus , but like the first two it can't be smelled much at all after one or two sniffs and it is completely undetectable by perhaps a quarter to a third of the population. The natural calling for this plant is to be used next to a doorway or path, where the scent often causes people to turn and notice the garden. Usually they will assign the source of the fragrance to another plant with much showier blossoms. For another great favorite with similar function, see Michelia figo . Sun to mostly shade, tolerates poor drainage and clay soil.