Category Archives: self seeds

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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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  Beesia calthifolia

  Posted on December 18, 2014 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, evergreen, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, Ground cover, Perennials, self seeds, shade tolerant, winter interest, Woodlanders

  This stunning Asian woodlander is only just making its presence felt in Australia. It was first named in 1915 after Bees Nursery in England but didn’t make it into cultivation in any real way until Bleddyn Wynn-Jones and Dan Hinkley reintroduced it into Western horticulture in 1996 and am I glad they did. It has […]

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  Chelidonium majus ‘Flore Plena’

  Posted on December 9, 2014 by stephenryan in evergreen, Foliage plants, Ground cover, Perennials, self seeds, shade tolerant, Woodlanders

  The double flowered form of Greater Celandine is an easy going short lived perennial that will lightly self seed in any sun or semi-shaded spot with enough moisture so once you have it you will probably always have it and like me I doubt that you will be upset. Excess plants are easily pulled out. […]

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  Melanoselinum decipiens

  Posted on October 23, 2014 by stephenryan in beautiful bark, Collector Plants, drought tolerant, evergreen, Foliage plants, self seeds, shade tolerant, winter interest

  This truly stunning plant has a long history as a garden plant at Mt. Macedon where I live. Nearly all the large gardens have colonies of it and it has certainly been grown here for decades before I was born. It has always been known by local gardeners as Tree Angelica and I only got […]

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