Monthly Archives: June 2012

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  Clematis montana ‘Marjorie’

  Posted on June 29, 2012 by stephenryan in Climbing plants, Collector Plants

  This is a rarely grown form of one of the most loved hardy deciduous clematis species. It varies from the wild form in being a little more restrained in habit making it ideal over arches and such like, its new foliage is quite bronzed and the flowers area lovely mix of white and soft salmon […]

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  Cupressus cashmeriana

  Posted on June 24, 2012 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, conifer, Trees

  One of the worlds most elegant conifers with a conical habit and soft grey weeping foliage. It will quickly grow to 10metres in any well drained sunny site that is sheltered from strong prevailing winds as these tend to make to tree one sided. It is a botanical oddity as since it was first discribed […]

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  Ipheion peragrinans

  Posted on June 19, 2012 by stephenryan in bulbs

  This cute little South American bulb was and still is sold around the traps as I. ‘Rolf Fiedler’  but has at last been given a species name. It has more substantial and bluer flowers than the more commonly offered I. uniflorum forms and so is a worthy quick growing sun loving bulb for late winter […]

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  Elegia capensis

  Posted on June 14, 2012 by stephenryan in Bog plants, Collector Plants, Perennials

  The South African Thatching Rush is a truly spectacular foliage plant. Its fluffy stems grow to about 1.5metres and are elegant adornments to the garden or as cut foliage which lasts and lasts in water. It loves a damp site and is obviously ideal next to a pond but unlike so many bog plants it […]

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  Tropaeolum tricolorum

  Posted on June 9, 2012 by stephenryan in Climbing plants, Collector Plants, herbaceous climbers

  This cute as a button herbaceous perennial winter growing climber always gets a response from those that don’t know it. It is simple to grow in sun or semi-shade as long as the potato like tubers are kept dry in summer. I usually pot grow it so that it can spend the summer in the […]

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  Bystropogon canariensis

  Posted on June 2, 2012 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, drought tolerant, Shrubs

  This is an evergreen shrub funnily enough from the Canary Islands with small grey-green leaves with a Pennyroyal scent so plant it near where you walk so as to brush past it. It is however for its masses of fluffy grey flowers produced almost throughout the summer and autumn that you would chiefly grow it. […]

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