Parrotia persica "Lamplighter" Canopy Trees from late winter into early

from late winter into early spring

is a plant that commands attention

gray-green leaves rimmed in irregular cream

or the easy

Parrotia persica "Lamplighter" Canopy Trees from late winter into earlyParrotia persica 'Lamplighter' is a rare variegated form of the Persian ironwood, grown above all for the foliage: each leaf carries a broad, irregular border of creamy white around a grey green center, so the whole canopy reads as soft, dappled light through the growing season. New growth can flush pink and rose before the variegation settles, and the effect is luminous rather than loud, a tree that brightens a shaded corner the way a lit lamp does,