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November 17, 2018 by
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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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July 28, 2018 by
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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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March 26, 2018 by
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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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January 28, 2018 by
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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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December 11, 2017 by
stephenryan in
autumn colour, Climbing plants, Deciduous, drought tolerant, Foliage plants, Ground cover, shade tolerant The Chinese silver vein creeper has to be one of the most useful climbers I grow for all of the following reasons. It will grow well in sun or shade and is about the only autumn colouring plant I know that will turn stunning shades in either. The leaves in shade will however have the […]
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July 12, 2017 by
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autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, shade tolerant, Shrubs, winter interest This has to be one of the best large shrubs for autumn colour with its large leaves that can be entire with a heart shape, have one lobe looking like a mitten or a lobe on both sides. So it is a great conversation piece as well as a great plant. It comes from Asia […]
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April 7, 2017 by
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autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Good for cutting, shade tolerant, Shrubs An oldie but a goodie! Over the years more and more cultivars of this species have hit the market and many are great plants in their own right. However I don’t think any are an improvement on this the Japanese Snowball. This is a deciduous shrub to 2metres with branches in flat layers that alway […]
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November 14, 2016 by
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autumn colour, Climbing plants, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants Of all the plants in the grape vine family this Asian species with the appropriate common name of Glory Vine has to take the cake. It can grow huge if allowed to have its own way but can be trained and pruned like the domestic grapevine making it ideal to cover senses or grow over […]
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September 8, 2016 by
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autumn colour, beautiful bark, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Good for cutting, perfumed, shade tolerant, Shrubs, winter interest This amazing Genus of deciduous and mainly winter flowering shrubs are a joy in any sheltered garden in the cooler climates. I have a specimen of ‘Pallida’ in my nursery display garden that was planted in 1986 and it is now about 4metres tall and with its spreading horizontal branches at least 6metres across. I […]
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July 25, 2016 by
stephenryan in
autumn colour, berries, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Good for cutting, Shrubs The Genus is a smallish one and usually this species is missing from gardens and I think it is a shame. It is a fairly hardy quick growing deciduous shrub to about 2metres and as the name suggests comes from Japan as well as Korea and China. In summer it produces clusters of tiny fluffy […]
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