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PLANT OF THE WEEK #14: Hydrangea quercifolia
By Michael
Jun 2, 2020
I’m wracking my brains, trying to remember my first encounter with Hydrangea quercifolia.  Most of us grew up with hydrangeas – the ‘mop-top’ sort –  in our Mum’s gar
PLANT OF THE WEEK #13: Miscanthus transmorrisonensis
By Michael
May 26, 2020
Yep, it’s a bit of a mouthful of a name, but it’s very satisfying (and invariably impressive) to say once you’ve nailed it. In singing the praises of Miscanthus transmorrison
PLANT OF THE WEEK #12: Bupleurum fruticosum
By Simon
May 19, 2020
In my previous contribution to Plant of the Week, I wrote about Pachystegia insignis, the Marlborough rock daisy. I opined the fact that, although it is a first class garden plant,

PLANT OF THE WEEK #13: Miscanthus transmorrisonensis
By Michael
May 26, 2020

Yep, it’s a bit of a mouthful of a name, but it’s very satisfying (and invariably impressive) to say once you’ve nailed it. In singing the praises of Miscanthus transmorrisonensis, it’s necess ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #12: Bupleurum fruticosum
By Simon
May 19, 2020

In my previous contribution to Plant of the Week, I wrote about Pachystegia insignis, the Marlborough rock daisy. I opined the fact that, although it is a first class garden plant, it is a rather unat ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #11: Rosa 'Mutabilis'
By Michael
May 12, 2020

At least part of the appeal, for me, of Rosa x odorata ‘Mutabilis’ is its name.  I don’t understand why some words resonate more than others – who does? – but there’s something about that ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #10: Tetrapanax papyrifer
By Fiona Brockhoff
May 5, 2020

I really love this plant. It is at the top of The List (with half a dozen others – not that they know, of course). I’ve loved it for as long as I can remember.  It grew in Mum and Dad’s private ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #9: Eschscholzia californica
By James
Apr 28, 2020

One of my favourite games to play in surveying a sumptuously planted border or naturalistic-style garden is ‘spot the annual’.  Long ago in gardening lore, annual and perennial borders were very ...