Category Archives: Deciduous

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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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  Rubus parviflorus

  Posted on January 9, 2015 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, Deciduous, Edible, Foliage plants, Shrubs

  The Thimbleberry is a suckering deciduous North American raspberry relative with upright thornless stems and huge soft green leaves that would have me planting it if it did nothing else. However in spring it produces large pure white flowers (strangely large for the Genus yet the name parviflorus means small flowered!). When the flowers finish […]

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  Schizophragma integrifolium var. fauriei

  Posted on October 14, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Climbing plants, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Good for cutting, shade tolerant, Woodlanders

  The self clinging climbers in the Hydrangea family are unique and indispensable as garden plants. What other self clinging shade tolerant showily flowering climbers that are cold tolerant are there? If you know of any let me know as I’ll won’t to grow them as well. The Genus Schizophragma only differes from true Hydrangeas in […]

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  Acer ‘Esk Flamingo’

  Posted on October 10, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, beautiful bark, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, Shrubs, Weeping plants, winter interest

  Talk about a plant that does something all year round! This maple that was apparently discovered in New Zealand has so much going for it I feel the nead to take it season by season. In spring its spear head shaped leaves emerge and are white and pink mottled, interestingly the foliage becomes more variegated […]

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  Clematis ‘Mrs. Robert Brydon’

  Posted on October 4, 2014 by stephenryan in Climbing plants, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Good for cutting, Ground cover, shade tolerant

  I love and collect clematis of all sorts as their generally light airy habit makes them ideal to grow up and over other plants without swamping the host and giving two shows in the place where I would normally have only one. A heavy winter prune will keep nearly all of them in order. This […]

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  Viburnum sargentii ‘Onondago’

  Posted on August 19, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, drought tolerant, Foliage plants, Good for cutting, Shrubs

  I love this Genus, there is so much that Viburnums can do in the garden. Some are evergreen with bold foliage, some deciduous with great autumn colour, some are grown for scent or berries, branch structure or of course stunning showy flowers. If you collected the whole Genus it is so diverse that it wouldn’t […]

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  Sambucus nigra ‘Linearis’

  Posted on July 17, 2014 by stephenryan in Collector Plants, Deciduous, drought tolerant, Edible, Foliage plants, scented, Shrubs

  If you hanker after a cut leafed Japanese maple but can’t have one due to climatic constraints then perhaps this is the plant for you. It is a hardy deciduous shrub to 1.5metres tall and wide with foliage so fine that from a distance it looks like green smoke! and it has clusters of tiny […]

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  Syringa meyeri ‘Palibin’

  Posted on June 1, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, drought tolerant, Good for cutting, scented, Shrubs

  I have a love hate relationship with Lilacs I love the flowers but in general hate the bush. They are one week wonders and scruffy for most of the time. Sorry if I have offended anyone! What I would like is to have friends with lots of well established bushes that would kindly give me […]

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