Tag: Skimmia rubella

Overcast all day, some rain but with some bright sparks and highlights… fiery Spirea, white/grey/yellow combinations, tall bamboos and a TARDIS-like van, new roses, a cutting garden update

Categories Architectural Plants, Autumn garden, Bulbs, Climbing plants, Cutting Garden, dark foliage plants, David Austin roses, evergreen perennial, Evergreen shrubs, General comment, Grasses, Hellebore, Hydrangea, my projects, Open to the public, Petersham NurseriesLeave a Comment on Overcast all day, some rain but with some bright sparks and highlights… fiery Spirea, white/grey/yellow combinations, tall bamboos and a TARDIS-like van, new roses, a cutting garden update

Fire and gold tints throughout this display - from an unexpected source - Spirea nipponica Snowmound is better known for its smothering of white blossom on arching stems in June and July but this vigorous shrub is putting on a spectacular finish, teamed with spires of Molinea grasses, fountains of green Liriope muscari, berries of…

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I can resist everything but (Skimmia) Temptation

Categories Architectural Plants, Fragrant plants, General comment, Plants for a shady garden?, RHS WIsley, Shrubs, Winter GardenLeave a Comment on I can resist everything but (Skimmia) Temptation

Hermaphrodite Skimmias offer, if it needs to be said, the best of both worlds - self-fertile plants with flower and fruit. Here are two - Skimmia japonica Temptation and a form of Skimmia japonica subsp. reveesiana - Chilan Choice. Admittedly the flowers are not the Main Event that they are with, say, Skimmia rubella or…

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