Two rare trees with ties to colonial-era Philadelphia soon will grace the steps to Carpenters' Hall in Old City. The 6-foot-tall Franklinia Alatamaha trees, better known as Franklin trees, will be ...
The Franklin tree or lost camellia tree (Franklinia alatamaha) is an unusually attractive tree, once native only to Georgia. Today, this tree is extinct in the wild but is still cultivated in public ...