Monthly Archives: August 2015

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  Rubus thibetanus

  Posted on August 24, 2015 by stephenryan in beautiful bark, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, shade tolerant, Shrubs, winter interest

  The ghost bramble isn’t for every gardener but quite a few plants I grow would fit under the same title. After all not every body wants a prickly suckering shrub but having said that how many of your have a Rugosa Rose? This plant will make a cluster of arching stems to about 1.5metres tall […]

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  Acer griseum

  Posted on August 5, 2015 by stephenryan in autumn colour, beautiful bark, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Trees, winter interest

  This has to be one of the most desirable small trees for its bark and autumnal colour so why don’t we see it more? The answer could be that seedling raised plants take two years to germinate and the seed has about one percent viability! It is also only recently that a compatible understock has […]

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