Monthly Archives: March 2015

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  Narcissus ‘Angel’s Breath’

  Posted on March 28, 2015 by stephenryan in bulbs, Collector Plants, Good for cutting, Good Pot Plant, perfumed

  Spring might be a fair way away but don’t forget that if you want to enjoy spring you need to have the bulbs in! This tiny Narcissus triandrus hybrid bred by Rod Barwick in Tasmania has to be one of my best sellers each spring so you will probably miss out if you wait till […]

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  Viburnum henryi

  Posted on March 19, 2015 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, drought tolerant, evergreen, Foliage plants, shade tolerant, Shrubs

  The Genus Viburnum is a remarkable one with a huge diversity of uses and features. In fact you could have a whole garden made up of nothing but and it would be interesting and exciting, with evergreen and deciduous, some with scent,some with berries, some with autumn colour, some with tiered branches or round ground […]

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  Watsonia aletroides

  Posted on March 14, 2015 by stephenryan in bulbs, Collector Plants, drought tolerant, Good for cutting

  This has to be the most elegant species I have grown in this Genus of  hard to kill South African corms. It shows no sign of weediness with me and yet will grow in any well drained sunny site. It grows to about 30cms. tall with tubular coral flowers with a paler tip in late […]

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  Rubus rugosus

  Posted on March 5, 2015 by stephenryan in Climbing plants, Edible, evergreen, Foliage plants, shade tolerant

  There are blackberries and there are blackberries! I spend a lot of time destroying the weedy ones and almost no time tending this handsome beastie. It has long arching canes so needs a fence or other support to tie it back to and the oldest canes need removing every couple of years otherwise it couldn’t […]

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  Tropaeolum ciliatum

  Posted on March 1, 2015 by stephenryan in Climbing plants, Collector Plants, Perennials

  I love herbaceous perennial climbers as I can grow them over other plants getting double value for the one spot. By their very nature they can only get so big in one growing season and then will die back again. This South American species grows throughout the summer flowering as it goes well into the […]

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