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February 8, 2019 by
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Collector Plants, drought tolerant, evergreen, Foliage plants, shade tolerant, Shrubs, Uncategorized This plant once known as Eupatorium megaphyllum is a soft wooded evergreen shrub to 2metres or so with huge heavily viewed leaves that are worth growing it for alone as well as bit heads of little fluffy deep mauve flowers. Shade tolerant and fairly drought resistant, a great understory plant that was once used far […]
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November 17, 2018 by
stephenryan in
autumn colour, beautiful bark, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Good for cutting, scented, shade tolerant, Shrubs, winter interest This large Chinese shrub can reach 4metres each way and if you have the right aspect and enough space it certainly pays its way! Its white lily of the valley style flowers are produced in midsummer and are beautifully fragrant with a musky scent. the dead flowers hang like copper bangles and the autumn foliage […]
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August 22, 2018 by
stephenryan in
drought tolerant, evergreen, Foliage plants, perfumed, shade tolerant, Shrubs I am not a fan of the usual plants sold in this Genus as most grow into decrepit old age and are used to cover fences and screen the neighbours in new houses that are to be sold post haste. I guess any plant can be ruined by overuse but I have to say ‘James […]
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July 28, 2018 by
stephenryan in
beautiful bark, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Shrubs, winter interest It is not every nursery owner that would recommend a Blackberry to their clients, but I am not every nursery owner! The Ghost Bramble is a thicket making arching shrub with grey green leaves and small white flowers which really comes into its own in winter when the plant is bare and its white coated […]
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July 18, 2018 by
stephenryan in
Collector Plants, drought tolerant, evergreen, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, Perennials, winter interest The Genus comes from Central and southern America and is in the pineapple family but unlike many of the Genera Puya is a cool to cold climate group and so are ideal in gardens in southern Australia. most are frighteningly spiny often with recurved spikes that will let you in but not let you out! […]
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April 4, 2018 by
stephenryan in
beautiful bark, Collector Plants, drought tolerant, evergreen, Foliage plants, self seeds, Shrubs, winter interest This mouthful of a name belongs to a very hardy evergreen shrub from the Canary Islands that grows to a couple of metres tall and wide. It has an open framework of branches with coppery bark and it produces spikes of tiny pink flowers with green sepals in spring. It is however for its attractive […]
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March 26, 2018 by
stephenryan in
autumn colour, berries, Climbing plants, Collector Plants, Deciduous, drought tolerant, Foliage plants This rarely used deciduous vine from China is one of my favourite foliage climbers with its deeply cut bright green leaves it always makes a statement. It flowers are tiny and of no consequence but the tiny orange berries are pretty. The leaves turn yellow before shedding. I grow it on a metal tripod that […]
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February 19, 2018 by
stephenryan in
berries, Collector Plants, drought tolerant, evergreen, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, shade tolerant, Shrubs, winter interest This is definitely the exception to the rule when it comes to this Genus. It is summer flowering instead of autumn winter as with most others, and isn’t yellow! An extremely slow growing evergreen shrub from China that was described in 1887 but only got to Australia via me in 1998 or there about. This […]
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January 30, 2018 by
stephenryan in
drought tolerant, evergreen, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, perfumed, shade tolerant, Shrubs, winter interest As the national collection holder of the Genus Osmanthus I thought it about time to feature at least one and the one I’ve chosen is the above as I have a half good picture of it. It is a hardy evergreen shrub to about 2metres with handsome gold variegated holly like leaves that would be […]
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January 28, 2018 by
stephenryan in
Collector Plants, Deciduous, drought tolerant, Foliage plants, Shrubs The hardiest of its Genus the coral tree adds quite a touch of the exotic to any garden with its thick spine covered branches and brilliant red pea flowers during the warmer months. The trifoliate leaves are also telling in the garden, and it will grow well in full sun in any well drained site. […]
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