Monthly Archives: April 2015

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  Gingko biloba ‘Saratoga’

  Posted on April 25, 2015 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, conifer, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, Trees

  We all know about the Maiden Hair tree, the Wollemi Pine of its time. Known only from fossils in coal and found throughout the world imagine the amazement when the real thing was found in China. What is often not known is that the Gingko is a conifer relative even though it hardly looks like […]

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  Colletia paradoxa

  Posted on April 19, 2015 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, drought tolerant, evergreen, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, perfumed, Shrubs, winter interest

  If there was ever a plant that should be planted under the bedroom window this is it. I would certainly stop anyone from escaping that way! It is a large shrub with almost no foliage but with green winged and seriously spiny branches which have given it the names of Anchor Plant and Crucifix Plant. […]

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  Tulbaghia cominsii

  Posted on April 6, 2015 by stephenryan in bulbs, Collector Plants, Edible, Good for cutting, Good Pot Plant, Perennials

  This group of hardy perennials is well known for the mauve flowered species T. violacea commonly called society garlic even though its oniony flavour is perhaps marginally useful in cooking. The plant however is a good thing in the garden. Perhaps even less useful in the kitchen because of its tiny stature but none the […]

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  x Mahoberberis aquisargentii

  Posted on April 1, 2015 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, drought tolerant, evergreen, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, shade tolerant, Shrubs, winter interest, Woodlanders

  We can never have enough tough shade tolerant shrubs that can also take it dry and with this in mind I imported this bizarre cross between Mahonia aquifolia and Berberis sargentii in 2003, so I thought it about time I promoted it! It will grow to about 1.5metres each way with stems erupting from ground […]

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