Monthly Archives: January 2015

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  Narcissus ‘Ben’Bler’

  Posted on January 29, 2015 by stephenryan in bulbs, Collector Plants, Good for cutting, Good Pot Plant

  I am part way through potting all my small bulbs for the year and for the first time I have a small amount of this stunning Hoop petticoat daffodil for sale. It was bred by Rod Barwick in Tasmania and it is a stunner. The flowers are huge compared to most in this group and […]

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  Cormus domestica

  Posted on January 24, 2015 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Edible, Foliage plants, Trees

  You will probably know this plant or find it in books as Sorbus domestica, the Sorb or Service berry but we all need to get used to the name changes unfortunately. What ever you call it however it is a wonderful ornamental deciduous tree which is edible to boot. It is reasonably upright in habit […]

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  Serapias lingua

  Posted on January 17, 2015 by stephenryan in bulbs, Collector Plants, drought tolerant, Good Pot Plant

  I don’t grow a lot of orchids as they usually need specific conditions to perform well and I just don’t have time to fiddle unfortunately. However some ground Orchids and this one in particular are easy plants ideal in pots or in a sunny rock garden where they can be allowed to dry out in […]

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  Himanobambusa tranquillans ‘Shiroshima’

  Posted on January 12, 2015 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, drought tolerant, evergreen, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, shade tolerant, winter interest

  I truly love bamboos and this one would have to be close to the top of my admittedly long list of favourites! It grows to about 4metres tall and although classed as a runner my plant in the garden has made a largish clump with after 10 years in the ground no real attempt to […]

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  Rubus parviflorus

  Posted on January 9, 2015 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, Deciduous, Edible, Foliage plants, Shrubs

  The Thimbleberry is a suckering deciduous North American raspberry relative with upright thornless stems and huge soft green leaves that would have me planting it if it did nothing else. However in spring it produces large pure white flowers (strangely large for the Genus yet the name parviflorus means small flowered!). When the flowers finish […]

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  Tetrapanax papyrifer

  Posted on January 4, 2015 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, drought tolerant, evergreen, Foliage plants, shade tolerant, winter interest

  The Rice paper plant is hardly one of the rarest things in my nursery or my garden but I wouldn’t be without it in either place as a stunning giant foliage plant that for all its tropical look is surprisingly hardy to the cold. It can grow to 4metres tall but I usually cut it […]

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