Category Archives: Deciduous

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  Cornus kousa ‘Miss Satomi’

  Posted on July 28, 2017 by stephenryan in autumn colour, berries, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Good for cutting, Trees

  I love Dogwoods and in fact hold the national collection for ‘Plant Trust’ so they must be good! This salmon pink form of the Chinese  dogwood is a stunning form with flat branches showing off the bracted flowers to perfection in the late spring after the early nonsense is over. It also has lovely berries in […]

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  Cydonia sinensis

  Posted on April 6, 2017 by stephenryan in autumn colour, beautiful bark, Collector Plants, Deciduous, drought tolerant, Edible, Foliage plants, shade trees, Trees, winter interest

  The  Chinese Quince that was until recently called Pseudocydonia has to be one of the best small trees you could have! It has attractive deep pink flowers in mid spring followed by large oblong yellow fruit in summer that is by the way edible, then the foliage turns stunning colours in autumn and as if that wasn’t […]

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  Chionanthus retusus

  Posted on December 31, 2015 by stephenryan in autumn colour, bird attracting, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Good for cutting, shade trees, Trees

  This small genus is usually represented in horticulture by the American species C. virginicus and the Chinese one that is the topic of this blog. However both are worth growing and for sale at the moment in 15cm. pots for $28.50. Both are large deciduous shrubs or small trees that can reach 4 to 5 metres and […]

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  Disanthus cercidifolius

  Posted on October 21, 2015 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Shrubs, winter interest

  Of all the autumn colouring plants I have grown this would have to be one of my favourites, albeit quite a prima donna. It requires a cool aspect and a moist acidic soil to do well which probably means you need to live at Mt. Macedon or a similar climate to even grow it. But […]

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  Acer griseum

  Posted on August 5, 2015 by stephenryan in autumn colour, beautiful bark, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Trees, winter interest

  This has to be one of the most desirable small trees for its bark and autumnal colour so why don’t we see it more? The answer could be that seedling raised plants take two years to germinate and the seed has about one percent viability! It is also only recently that a compatible understock has […]

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  Nyssa sylvatica ‘Autumn Cascade’

  Posted on May 2, 2015 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Trees

  This Genus has to be up there with the worlds best autumn colour and this form of Tupelo as they are commonly called (I hate it when common names are harder than botanical ones!) has to be one of the best. It was a seedling selected at Yamina Rare Plants at Monbulk many years ago […]

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  Gingko biloba ‘Saratoga’

  Posted on April 25, 2015 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, conifer, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Good Pot Plant, Trees

  We all know about the Maiden Hair tree, the Wollemi Pine of its time. Known only from fossils in coal and found throughout the world imagine the amazement when the real thing was found in China. What is often not known is that the Gingko is a conifer relative even though it hardly looks like […]

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  Malus tschonoskii

  Posted on February 21, 2015 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Foliage plants, Trees

  God knows how one should pronounce the species name of this fabulous Japanese Crab Apple but don’t let that put you off buying one! It is an upright, even slender tree that would make it a good alternative to those hackneyed upright Pear trees that everyone and their dog seems to be planting! And it […]

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  Cormus domestica

  Posted on January 24, 2015 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, Edible, Foliage plants, Trees

  You will probably know this plant or find it in books as Sorbus domestica, the Sorb or Service berry but we all need to get used to the name changes unfortunately. What ever you call it however it is a wonderful ornamental deciduous tree which is edible to boot. It is reasonably upright in habit […]

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  Acer Palmatum ‘Bloodgood’

  Posted on November 10, 2014 by stephenryan in autumn colour, Collector Plants, Deciduous, drought tolerant, Foliage plants, Trees

  The japanese maples are looking splendid this spring, so fresh and vibrant and one of my many favourites is this one. Its rich burgundy foliage keeps its colour till autumn far better than almost any other that I have met and then it turns scarlet as the picture shows. It also gets masses of red […]

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