Category Archives: beautiful bark
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Ulmus parvifolia ‘Frosty’
Posted on August 12, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, beautiful bark, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Trees, winter interestIf someone was to ask me for a list of my favourite trees this one would have to be close to the top of the list ! Why I hear you ask and the reasons as one would expect are multiple, from the elegant form of the tree , its attractive bark, its speed of […]
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Acer pentaphyllum
Posted on July 24, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, beautiful bark, Collector Plants, Deciduous, drought tolerant, Foliage plants, shade tolerant, TreesThis is supposed to be the rarest maple in the wild coming from a very small area in China and only collected and then raised in the west a couple of times so that all cultivated plants come from much the same original material. Apart from rarity why grow it? Certainly it has proved to […]
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Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Golden Sun’
Posted on May 7, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, beautiful bark, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Good for cutting, Trees, winter interestI love Liquidambars for all sorts of reasons. They are tough and have not only done remarkably well through the long years of drought but also came up with flying colours (quite literally!) after the very wet summer we had a couple of years back when Cherries and Smoke bushes drowned. They will colour in […]
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Acer palmatum ‘Shishi Gashira’
Posted on February 25, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, beautiful bark, Collector Plants, Deciduous, drought tolerant, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, ShrubsThe autumn is on the way and before long the leaves will start to turn so don’t be left out make sure you have some lovely Japanese maples in you garden. Even a tiny plot or a cool balcony would be enough for this restrained cultivar so there are no excuses! It will slowly make […]
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Mahonia oiwakensis
Posted on February 20, 2014 by stephenryan in beautiful bark, Collector Plants, drought tolerant, evergreen, Foliage plants, Good for cutting, Good Pot Plant, scented, Shrubs, winter interest, WoodlandersWell here we go again, another much loved plant has had a name change. So if you are looking for this stunning shrub in a book more than a few months old then look up Mahonia lomariifolia and it will have the same description as it is the same plant. What ever the name is […]
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Salix cuprea ‘Pendula’
Posted on February 1, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, beautiful bark, Bog plants, Deciduous, Trees, Weeping plants, winter interestIt is a shame that the Australian weed assessment people decided to ban almost the whole willow Genus instead of doing the assessments one at a time as many benign species are now banned. Was it expediency or worse “the more you ban the more important your job is seen to be!” One willow that has […]
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Arbutus glandulosa
Posted on October 9, 2013 by stephenryan in beautiful bark, Collector Plants, evergreen, Foliage plants, Trees, winter interestThis is one of the best small evergreen trees for the quality of its bark. Not only that but it is hardy in our climate, has attractive foliage, lovely pale pink flowers beloved by Honeyeaters, charming reddish fruit also bird attracting and will only grow to about 7metres or so. What more could you want. […]
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Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’
Posted on September 17, 2012 by stephenryan in beautiful bark, Collector Plants, Deciduous, drought tolerant, Good for cutting, Good Pot Plant, Shrubs, winter interestThe Crazy Filbert has to be one of the best conversation piece plants you could have in your garden especially for its winter effect. It will eventually become a large shrub and its main claim to fame are the twisted contorted branches which in late winter are festooned with pale yellow catkins. No one can […]
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