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Choisya ternata Sundance
The brightest thing in my garden all the year around is Choisya
ternata Sundance. Was wondering if any one had any ideas for something to plant next to it. Thanks |
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Choisya ternata Sundance
On 10/02/2011 18:01, Derek wrote:
The brightest thing in my garden all the year around is Choisya ternata Sundance. Was wondering if any one had any ideas for something to plant next to it. Thanks It would help to know where you are, but here goes (check for hardiness): Fatshedera Phormium Bronze Fennel Blue or bronze grasses Carex 'Evergold' Euonymus 'Silver Queen' Heucheras Bergenias Lots of hardy winter bulbs underneath to give a carpet of cheering colour, such as: Snowdrops, Winter Aconites, Cyclamen coum, early crocus. Also, Pulmonarias would look good with their spotted leaves, and their flowers would give you colour as the bulbs die back. They are also an excellent early feast for bees. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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Choisya ternata Sundance
"Derek" wrote in message ... The brightest thing in my garden all the year around is Choisya ternata Sundance. Was wondering if any one had any ideas for something to plant next to it. Thanks Agreed. Choiysia is well worth the price paid for it. I'm not much of a gardener but have a few planted here and there - just can't resist them. Bill |
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Choisya ternata Sundance
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:47:26 -0000, "Bill Grey"
wrote: "Derek" wrote in message .. . The brightest thing in my garden all the year around is Choisya ternata Sundance. Was wondering if any one had any ideas for something to plant next to it. Thanks Agreed. Choiysia is well worth the price paid for it. I'm not much of a gardener but have a few planted here and there - just can't resist them. I live in Lincoln, and the Choisya thrives, without much tending, I like the suggestion of a Heucherella, but I do have enough space for something to make a statement :-) as well. |
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Choisya ternata Sundance
On 11/02/2011 19:26, Derek wrote:
On Fri, 11 Feb 2011 15:47:26 -0000, "Bill Grey" wrote: wrote in message ... The brightest thing in my garden all the year around is Choisya ternata Sundance. Was wondering if any one had any ideas for something to plant next to it. Thanks Agreed. Choiysia is well worth the price paid for it. I'm not much of a gardener but have a few planted here and there - just can't resist them. I live in Lincoln, and the Choisya thrives, without much tending, I like the suggestion of a Heucherella, but I do have enough space for something to make a statement :-) as well. A purple-leaved shrub would be very handsome next to Choisya, but few are evergreen so you'd only get the benefit in summer. Look at Sambucus nigra 'Black Lace' and 'Black Beauty' or perhaps the purple-leaved hazel. Although small in stature, Pittisporum 'Tom Thumb' might be a good companion. For a tiny (about 6') purple-leaved tree, try Prunus cistena 'Crimson Dwarf'. Again, it is deciduous, but has lovely pale pink single blossom with dark crimson stamens. Mine is always admired :~). Among the plants I suggested, the Fatshedera is the one I thought would make a good specimen because of its large, glossy leaves. It also has handsome flowers (ivy-like but more showy) and berries which are good for insects and birds, respectively. Because it has an entire leaf, it would contrast well with the deeply lobed leaves of the Choisyia. Alas, no-one has bred a purple- or bronze-leaved one yet, although there is a cream variegated one. In drafty Lincoln, you may have a problem with wind-torn leaves, though :~(. Possibly a well-shaped specimen of Eleagnus pungens maculata (evergreen leaves splashed with yellow) would work, but you may have to curb its enthusiasm. I had a hedge of it a few years ago and it looked wonderful in winter. Try googling on "purple-leaved shrubs". I just did. Few offer startling winter interest, but you may see something that takes your fancy. Another idea would be to visit winter gardens in the Lincoln area (or beyond if you can). Take a note book and camera to write down names and capture inspirations. -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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with maybe some Euonymous silver queen as well. That would give colour texture and ground cover all one could ever ask for !! Lannerman. |
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Choisya ternata Sundance
In article , Bill Grey
writes Agreed. Choiysia is well worth the price paid for it. I'm not much of a gardener but have a few planted here and there - just can't resist them. Bill But they do pong something terrible and they can get out of control easily!! -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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Choisya ternata Sundance
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writes A purple-leaved shrub would be very handsome next to Choisya, Or something completely different in shape and form like a Nandina? -- Janet Tweedy Amersham Gardening Association http://www.amersham-gardening.net |
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Choisya ternata Sundance
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Janet writes Here in the cooler north I find both the green and yellow leaf forms are pretty well behaved and the smell of flowers (sweet) and leaves (lemony) is mild and pleasant. Janet. The flowers smell nice but i hate the smell of the leaves on all of them apart from the finer leafed variety. -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
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