High elevation Bolivian evergreen pinnate-leaved tree in the Rose family whose gorgeous irregular shape and exceptional exfoliating bark gives us fever dreams. Flowers are apetalous nothings but given its abundance of attributes, expecting showy petals is akin to disappointment in the physical shortcomings of the Duke in The Bridgertons.

From a seed collecting trip to the Andes, we acquired this rarely cultivated tree. Excellent foliage  with superb sinuous trunk and branching structure with thickly papered exfoliating bark.  Though in the Rose family, the flowers are nothing to speak of.  We think Zone 8 for this and careful siting in colder portions of this zone.