Monthly Archives: December 2014

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  Tropaeolum speciosum

  Posted on December 30, 2014 by stephenryan in Climbing plants, Collector Plants, Edible, herbaceous climbers, Perennials

  I well remember this amazing herbaceous climber  known as Flame Creeper dripping out of yew hedges in England and couldn’t wait to try it myself. So eventually seed came my way and up they came. It all seemed too easy considering the dire warnings of pundits suggesting it needs a Scottish climate to thrive! Well […]

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  Montanoa leucantha var. arborescens

  Posted on December 22, 2014 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, drought tolerant, Foliage plants, Good for cutting, Perennials, perfumed, winter interest

  If you like plants that virtually erupt out of the ground then the Mexican tree daisies could be the plant for you! They grow in much the same way as tree Dahlias putting on metres of growth from ground level in a season so as to be as much as 4metres or more by flowering […]

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  Beesia calthifolia

  Posted on December 18, 2014 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, evergreen, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, Ground cover, Perennials, self seeds, shade tolerant, winter interest, Woodlanders

  This stunning Asian woodlander is only just making its presence felt in Australia. It was first named in 1915 after Bees Nursery in England but didn’t make it into cultivation in any real way until Bleddyn Wynn-Jones and Dan Hinkley reintroduced it into Western horticulture in 1996 and am I glad they did. It has […]

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  Hydrangea seemannii

  Posted on December 12, 2014 by stephenryan in Climbing plants, Collector Plants, evergreen, Foliage plants, shade tolerant

  How many self clinging evergreen cold hardy flowering climbers do you know? There aren’t that many but this Hydrangea has all of those features and is obviously something that we should all considering for our gardens, particularly as it will grow to the height of its support and more or less stop there. If you […]

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  Chelidonium majus ‘Flore Plena’

  Posted on December 9, 2014 by stephenryan in evergreen, Foliage plants, Ground cover, Perennials, self seeds, shade tolerant, Woodlanders

  The double flowered form of Greater Celandine is an easy going short lived perennial that will lightly self seed in any sun or semi-shaded spot with enough moisture so once you have it you will probably always have it and like me I doubt that you will be upset. Excess plants are easily pulled out. […]

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  Calamagrostis brachytricha

  Posted on December 1, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Foliage plants, Good for cutting, Perennials

  Korean Feather Reed Grass is rarely seen in Australia and I have at last a small batch to sell. It is a summer growing species to 1metre or so tall with a neat clump of foliage which turns yellow before dying down in the autumn. It is how ever the fluffy flower plumes that will […]

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