Monthly Archives: February 2015

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  Malus tschonoskii

  Posted on February 21, 2015 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Trees

  God knows how one should pronounce the species name of this fabulous Japanese Crab Apple but don’t let that put you off buying one! It is an upright, even slender tree that would make it a good alternative to those hackneyed upright Pear trees that everyone and their dog seems to be planting! And it […]

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  Canna glauca

  Posted on February 14, 2015 by stephenryan in Bog plants, Collector Plants, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, Perennials

  I have grown to love cannas over the years although one has to say that seeing them in beds of mixed colours with nothing to soften them can be off putting, think council bedding. These statuesque plants should be used as features amongst other things such as ornamental grasses et.al. Canna glauca could be said […]

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  Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Middle Gully Gold’

  Posted on February 4, 2015 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, Foliage plants, Good for cutting, Ground cover, Perennials, self seeds, shade tolerant, Woodlanders

  This form of Columbine or Granny Bonnet if you prefer is one that I have selected and it now makes a telling feature in my home garden. Like all other forms of A. vulgaris it is as easy as pie to grow but is also promiscuous so that it will come truer from seed if […]

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