Monthly Archives: October 2014

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  Canna ‘Brolga Dance’

  Posted on October 27, 2014 by stephenryan in Bog plants, Collector Plants, Foliage plants, Good for cutting, Good Pot Plant, Perennials

  As I get older I seem to appreciate more honestly over the top and possibly ever fully vulgar plants. Cannas are just such a group with their tropical looking leaves and in your face flowers they have me donning the leopard skin lap lap and swinging through the trees! This doesn’t mean I want the […]

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  Melanoselinum decipiens

  Posted on October 23, 2014 by stephenryan in beautiful bark, Collector Plants, drought tolerant, evergreen, Foliage plants, self seeds, shade tolerant, winter interest

  This truly stunning plant has a long history as a garden plant at Mt. Macedon where I live. Nearly all the large gardens have colonies of it and it has certainly been grown here for decades before I was born. It has always been known by local gardeners as Tree Angelica and I only got […]

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  Uvularia sessilifolia ‘Cobblewood Gold’

  Posted on October 17, 2014 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, Perennials, shade tolerant, Woodlanders

  This tiny little North American woodlander is so small and petite that I usually only sell it when I point it out to people so hopefully this post might encourage some of you to actually ask for it and its relative U. s.‘Variegata’ which has white edged leaves. My selection only grows to about 15cms. tall […]

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  Schizophragma integrifolium var. fauriei

  Posted on October 14, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Climbing plants, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Good for cutting, shade tolerant, Woodlanders

  The self clinging climbers in the Hydrangea family are unique and indispensable as garden plants. What other self clinging shade tolerant showily flowering climbers that are cold tolerant are there? If you know of any let me know as I’ll won’t to grow them as well. The Genus Schizophragma only differes from true Hydrangeas in […]

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  Acer ‘Esk Flamingo’

  Posted on October 10, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, beautiful bark, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, Shrubs, Weeping plants, winter interest

  Talk about a plant that does something all year round! This maple that was apparently discovered in New Zealand has so much going for it I feel the nead to take it season by season. In spring its spear head shaped leaves emerge and are white and pink mottled, interestingly the foliage becomes more variegated […]

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  Clematis ‘Mrs. Robert Brydon’

  Posted on October 4, 2014 by stephenryan in Climbing plants, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Good for cutting, Ground cover, shade tolerant

  I love and collect clematis of all sorts as their generally light airy habit makes them ideal to grow up and over other plants without swamping the host and giving two shows in the place where I would normally have only one. A heavy winter prune will keep nearly all of them in order. This […]

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