A fellow gardener has just lost a variegated snake bark maple, very
expensive but never really was happy! She has neutral soil in The Lee,
near Amersham Buckinghamshire, fairly protected but at the back of a
large border in front of a 6-foot flint wall. Soil not too dry.
Someone has suggested trying a Eucryphia but she isn't sure of which
one to choose. No good asking me as I’ve lost three Eucryphia x
nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ over the years before chucking in the trowel.
There's the obvious one but also a smaller one, lucida Pink Cloud that
might be good.
Anyone know more about them or have any recommendations? She won't
mind searching for one.
Janet

On 9/8/08 14:48, in article
, "Janet"
wrote:

A fellow gardener has just lost a variegated snake bark maple, very
expensive but never really was happy! She has neutral soil in The Lee,
near Amersham Buckinghamshire, fairly protected but at the back of a
large border in front of a 6-foot flint wall. Soil not too dry.
Someone has suggested trying a Eucryphia but she isn't sure of which
one to choose. No good asking me as I¹ve lost three Eucryphia x
nymansensis ŒNymansay¹ over the years before chucking in the trowel.
There's the obvious one but also a smaller one, lucida Pink Cloud that
might be good.
Anyone know more about them or have any recommendations? She won't
mind searching for one.
Janet

We had E nymansay for several years and then it keeled over but it did last
about 18 years, AFAIK.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

In article , Sacha
writes

We had E nymansay for several years and then it keeled over but it did last
about 18 years, AFAIK.



I think you have Pink Cloud as well though Sacha, is it better? She has
a very large garden (4 acres plus 9 of paddocks!) however the place she
wants to put it might suit a slightly smaller tree more.
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On 10/8/08 00:00, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote:

In article , Sacha
writes

We had E nymansay for several years and then it keeled over but it did last
about 18 years, AFAIK.



I think you have Pink Cloud as well though Sacha, is it better? She has
a very large garden (4 acres plus 9 of paddocks!) however the place she
wants to put it might suit a slightly smaller tree more.

We don't have Pink Cloud, though we used to sell it but don't now. Ray
tells me that the one we had that died was in fact E glutinosa and was
planted by Hyams so it was at least 50 years old when it died. I was well
out on my estimate because I thought Ray had planted it. He thinks E.
nymansay is better because it's more reliably evergreen while E. glutinosa
can be a bit iffy in that direction, depending on location.

--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

In article , Sacha
writes

We don't have Pink Cloud, though we used to sell it but don't now.

Ah that'll be why, when I thought to check on the plantfinder, Hill
House was there on the list.


. He thinks E.
nymansay is better because it's more reliably evergreen while E. glutinosa
can be a bit iffy in that direction, depending on location.



OK thanks, I'll tell Judy.
--
Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk

On 11/8/08 12:55, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote:

In article , Sacha
writes

We don't have Pink Cloud, though we used to sell it but don't now.

Ah that'll be why, when I thought to check on the plantfinder, Hill
House was there on the list.

Not in this year's edition! It must have more than 30 suppliers because the
07/08 edition just says Widely Available.


. He thinks E.
nymansay is better because it's more reliably evergreen while E. glutinosa
can be a bit iffy in that direction, depending on location.



OK thanks, I'll tell Judy.

Hope it helps her to decide.


--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon