Category Archives: Deciduous

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  Lindera obtusiloba

  Posted on July 12, 2017 by stephenryan in 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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  Viburnum plicatum ‘Grandiflorum’

  Posted on April 7, 2017 by stephenryan in 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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  Vitis coignetiae

  Posted on November 14, 2016 by stephenryan in 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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  Hamamelis intermedia ‘Pallida’

  Posted on September 8, 2016 by stephenryan in 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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  Callicarpa japonica

  Posted on 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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  Viburnum sargentii ‘Onondaga’

  Posted on April 12, 2016 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Good for cutting, Shrubs

  How could I ever live without Viburnums and this one has to be close to the top of the list of must have forms. I well remember seeing it for the first time at the Chelsea  Flower Show in full bloom and it blew me away. But why is it so good? Its lace cape […]

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  Viburnum setigerum

  Posted on March 11, 2016 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Edible, Foliage plants, Good for cutting, Shrubs

  This Genus has almost everything! Some are scented some and deciduous,some are evergreen,some have huge flower clusters, some have great berries. In fact if you ever wanted to collect a Genus without it dominating your garden then this could be it! My selected species is a rarely seen one from China and its assets are […]

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  Hydrangea scandens ssp. liukiuensis

  Posted on November 14, 2015 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, shade tolerant, Shrubs

  One hell of a name for a small deciduous shrub from Yakushima in Japan at least I hope that is what I am growing under this name! However what ever it is I am growing it is certainly a Hydrangea and one that we should all be growing in our gardens. It is deciduous and […]

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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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  Tree Paeonia

  Posted on July 25, 2015 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, Deciduous, Good for cutting, perfumed, Shrubs

  What flower in the world is more breath taking than that of the tree peony. The size is amazing the texture exotic and the plant is loaded with history. If you want to grow them well a sunny spot without tree root competition is best (if you could grow good vegies you should be able […]

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