Monthly Archives: July 2014

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  Epimedium ‘Black Sea’

  Posted on July 29, 2014 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, evergreen, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, Ground cover, Perennials, shade tolerant, winter interest, Woodlanders

  I have been busy potting this years supply of Epimediums all week and have many lovely ones to select from, so many in fact that selecting one to blog about was so hard that in the end it was almost close my eyes and point! E. ‘Black Sea’ is however something of a stand out plant […]

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  Acer pentaphyllum

  Posted on July 24, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, beautiful bark, Collector Plants, Deciduous, drought tolerant, Foliage plants, shade tolerant, Trees

  This is supposed to be the rarest maple in the wild coming from a very small area in China and only collected and then raised in the west a couple of times so that all cultivated plants come from much the same original material. Apart from rarity why grow it? Certainly it has proved to […]

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  Sambucus nigra ‘Linearis’

  Posted on July 17, 2014 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, Deciduous, drought tolerant, Edible, Foliage plants, scented, Shrubs

  If you hanker after a cut leafed Japanese maple but can’t have one due to climatic constraints then perhaps this is the plant for you. It is a hardy deciduous shrub to 1.5metres tall and wide with foliage so fine that from a distance it looks like green smoke! and it has clusters of tiny […]

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  Mitraria coccinea

  Posted on July 11, 2014 by stephenryan in Climbing plants, Collector Plants, evergreen, Good Pot Plant, Ground cover, shade tolerant, Shrubs

  Something less like the ubiquitous African Violet would seem almost impossible but this South American trailing evergreen shrub is in fact in the same family. It will trail across the ground, grow up anything it is tried to or make an interesting hanging basket subject if you are into such things (I find they dry […]

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