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Winter shrubs
I have a £15 token to spend.
My small front garden faces NE so only gets sun early in the day. Fuchsias do OK, hydrangia, campanula, euonimus, pieris and of course privet too. A Japenese maple was killed by the cold wind. I would like to introduce a couple of shrubs to flower over the winter. I see Hebes as I move around the area, but don't know the variety. I probably don't want anything over 100cm/3 feet tall. Ideas please. Note the area below. -- Jim S Tyneside UK www.jimscott.co.uk |
Winter shrubs
On 19/1/09 18:10, in article
, "Jim Scott" wrote: I have a £15 token to spend. My small front garden faces NE so only gets sun early in the day. Fuchsias do OK, hydrangia, campanula, euonimus, pieris and of course privet too. A Japenese maple was killed by the cold wind. I would like to introduce a couple of shrubs to flower over the winter. I see Hebes as I move around the area, but don't know the variety. I probably don't want anything over 100cm/3 feet tall. Ideas please. Note the area below. The Sarcococcas would be good, I think and they're very highly scented. They probably go to somewhere between 3' and 4' but you can keep many things where you want them! Daphone odora Aureomarginata is another wonderfully scented winter flowering plant and it's not a big thug of a thing, either. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon (new website online) |
Winter shrubs
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from Jim Scott contains these words: I have a £15 token to spend. My small front garden faces NE so only gets sun early in the day. Fuchsias do OK, hydrangia, campanula, euonimus, pieris and of course privet too. A Japenese maple was killed by the cold wind. I would like to introduce a couple of shrubs to flower over the winter. I see Hebes as I move around the area, but don't know the variety. I probably don't want anything over 100cm/3 feet tall. Ideas please. Note the area below. Oregon grape - with large evergreen leaves rather like holly, but flatter. In the autumn, the leaves which will be shed go the colours of a spectacular sunset, and the racemes of yellow flowers appear in the winter and smell strongly, remeniscent of lily of the valley. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
Winter shrubs
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Rusty_Hinge writes The message 0 from Jim Scott contains these words: I have a £15 token to spend. My small front garden faces NE so only gets sun early in the day. Fuchsias do OK, hydrangia, campanula, euonimus, pieris and of course privet too. A Japenese maple was killed by the cold wind. I would like to introduce a couple of shrubs to flower over the winter. I see Hebes as I move around the area, but don't know the variety. I probably don't want anything over 100cm/3 feet tall. Ideas please. Note the area below. Oregon grape - with large evergreen leaves rather like holly, but flatter. In the autumn, the leaves which will be shed go the colours of a spectacular sunset, and the racemes of yellow flowers appear in the winter and smell strongly, remeniscent of lily of the valley. I assume you mean Mahonia x intermedia, not Mahonia aquifolium. In my experience Oregon grape is restricted to the latter, and perhaps a few related species (e.g. M. nervosa, M. pinnata, M. repens) -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
Winter shrubs
Sacha wrote:
On 19/1/09 18:10, in article , "Jim Scott" wrote: I have a £15 token to spend. My small front garden faces NE so only gets sun early in the day. Fuchsias do OK, hydrangia, campanula, euonimus, pieris and of course privet too. A Japenese maple was killed by the cold wind. I would like to introduce a couple of shrubs to flower over the winter. I see Hebes as I move around the area, but don't know the variety. I probably don't want anything over 100cm/3 feet tall. Ideas please. Note the area below. The Sarcococcas would be good, I think and they're very highly scented. They probably go to somewhere between 3' and 4' but you can keep many things where you want them! Daphone odora Aureomarginata is another wonderfully scented winter flowering plant and it's not a big thug of a thing, either. Another vote for Daphne odora Aureomarginata. Plant Cyclamen Hedrapholia and C. Coum underneath. -- CTC Right to Ride Rep. for Richmond upon Thames |
Winter shrubs
In message , Paul Luton
writes Sacha wrote: On 19/1/09 18:10, in article , "Jim Scott" wrote: I have a £15 token to spend. My small front garden faces NE so only gets sun early in the day. Fuchsias do OK, hydrangia, campanula, euonimus, pieris and of course privet too. A Japenese maple was killed by the cold wind. I would like to introduce a couple of shrubs to flower over the winter. I see Hebes as I move around the area, but don't know the variety. I probably don't want anything over 100cm/3 feet tall. Ideas please. Note the area below. The Sarcococcas would be good, I think and they're very highly scented. They probably go to somewhere between 3' and 4' but you can keep many things where you want them! Daphone odora Aureomarginata is another wonderfully scented winter flowering plant and it's not a big thug of a thing, either. Another vote for Daphne odora Aureomarginata. Plant Cyclamen Hedrapholia and C. Coum underneath. For winter flowering and scent there's Daphne bholua, especially 'Jacqueline Postill'. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
Winter shrubs
On 20/1/09 09:51, in article , "Stewart Robert
Hinsley" wrote: In message , Paul Luton writes Sacha wrote: On 19/1/09 18:10, in article , "Jim Scott" wrote: I have a £15 token to spend. My small front garden faces NE so only gets sun early in the day. Fuchsias do OK, hydrangia, campanula, euonimus, pieris and of course privet too. A Japenese maple was killed by the cold wind. I would like to introduce a couple of shrubs to flower over the winter. I see Hebes as I move around the area, but don't know the variety. I probably don't want anything over 100cm/3 feet tall. Ideas please. Note the area below. The Sarcococcas would be good, I think and they're very highly scented. They probably go to somewhere between 3' and 4' but you can keep many things where you want them! Daphone odora Aureomarginata is another wonderfully scented winter flowering plant and it's not a big thug of a thing, either. Another vote for Daphne odora Aureomarginata. Plant Cyclamen Hedrapholia and C. Coum underneath. For winter flowering and scent there's Daphne bholua, especially 'Jacqueline Postill'. That's really gorgeous but it does need a lot of room. Whatever the books may say, one of ours - now sadly dead - grew to about 12' height and spread. I think it would gobble up a small front garden. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon (new website online) |
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from Stewart Robert Hinsley contains these words: Oregon grape - with large evergreen leaves rather like holly, but flatter. In the autumn, the leaves which will be shed go the colours of a spectacular sunset, and the racemes of yellow flowers appear in the winter and smell strongly, remeniscent of lily of the valley. I assume you mean Mahonia x intermedia, not Mahonia aquifolium. In my experience Oregon grape is restricted to the latter, and perhaps a few related species (e.g. M. nervosa, M. pinnata, M. repens) No idea which variety - I have one and use the 'grapes' for jelly - if I remember to birdproof them in time. -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:10:28 GMT, Jim Scott
wrote: I have a £15 token to spend. My small front garden faces NE so only gets sun early in the day. Fuchsias do OK, hydrangia, campanula, euonimus, pieris and of course privet too. A Japenese maple was killed by the cold wind. I would like to introduce a couple of shrubs to flower over the winter. I see Hebes as I move around the area, but don't know the variety. I probably don't want anything over 100cm/3 feet tall. Ideas please. Note the area below. Get a sarcococca. Mine is flowering at the moment, but you don't really see the flowers; you smell them. They like the shady garden, are evergreen, make a clump no more than a yard high, which slowly enlarges outwards. The scent jumps out at me when I walk past it. You can't beat it at this point of the year. Pam in Bristol |
Winter shrubs
On Jan 19, 6:53*pm, Sacha wrote:
On 19/1/09 18:10, in article , "Jim Scott" wrote: I have a £15 token to spend. My small front garden faces NE so only gets sun early in the day. Fuchsias do OK, hydrangia, campanula, euonimus, pieris and of course privet too. A Japenese maple was killed by the cold wind. I would like to introduce a couple of shrubs to flower over the winter. I see Hebes as I move around the area, but don't know the variety. I probably don't want anything over 100cm/3 feet tall. Ideas please. Note the area below. The Sarcococcas would be good, I think and they're very highly scented. They probably go to somewhere between 3' and 4' but you can keep many things where you want them! *Daphone odora Aureomarginata is another wonderfully scented winter flowering plant and it's not a big thug of a thing, either.. -- Sachahttp://www.hillhousenursery.com South Devon (new website online) Sacha would he be able to buy a Daphne for under £15? I can remember buying a small one years ago in England and it cost about that then? Judith |
Winter shrubs
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Rusty_Hinge writes The message from Stewart Robert Hinsley contains these words: Oregon grape - with large evergreen leaves rather like holly, but flatter. In the autumn, the leaves which will be shed go the colours of a spectacular sunset, and the racemes of yellow flowers appear in the winter and smell strongly, remeniscent of lily of the valley. I assume you mean Mahonia x intermedia, not Mahonia aquifolium. In my experience Oregon grape is restricted to the latter, and perhaps a few related species (e.g. M. nervosa, M. pinnata, M. repens) No idea which variety - I have one and use the 'grapes' for jelly - if I remember to birdproof them in time. You probably do mean Mahonia aquifolium then. I think of it as a spring-flowering shrub, rather than a winter-flowering shrub. Mahonia x intermedia flowers considerably earlier. (On the other hand, it's rather on the big side, given the OP's criteria.) -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
Winter shrubs
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from Stewart Robert Hinsley contains these words: No idea which variety - I have one and use the 'grapes' for jelly - if I remember to birdproof them in time. You probably do mean Mahonia aquifolium then. I think of it as a spring-flowering shrub, rather than a winter-flowering shrub. Mahonia x intermedia flowers considerably earlier. (On the other hand, it's rather on the big side, given the OP's criteria.) My one is reaching for the light, and is about four feet high - but well over six feet long... -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
Winter shrubs
In message ,
Rusty_Hinge writes The message from Stewart Robert Hinsley contains these words: No idea which variety - I have one and use the 'grapes' for jelly - if I remember to birdproof them in time. You probably do mean Mahonia aquifolium then. I think of it as a spring-flowering shrub, rather than a winter-flowering shrub. Mahonia x intermedia flowers considerably earlier. (On the other hand, it's rather on the big side, given the OP's criteria.) My one is reaching for the light, and is about four feet high - but well over six feet long... Mahonia x intermedia can get to 8 or 10 feet tall - but, yes, Mahonia aquifolium does have a tendency to spread. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
Winter shrubs
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from Stewart Robert Hinsley contains these words: In message , Rusty_Hinge writes The message from Stewart Robert Hinsley contains these words: No idea which variety - I have one and use the 'grapes' for jelly - if I remember to birdproof them in time. You probably do mean Mahonia aquifolium then. I think of it as a spring-flowering shrub, rather than a winter-flowering shrub. Mahonia x intermedia flowers considerably earlier. (On the other hand, it's rather on the big side, given the OP's criteria.) My one is reaching for the light, and is about four feet high - but well over six feet long... Mahonia x intermedia can get to 8 or 10 feet tall - but, yes, Mahonia aquifolium does have a tendency to spread. All from the single root - but it's in a very shady spot. (Not the Houses of Parliament...) -- Rusty Direct reply to: horrid dot squeak snailything zetnet point co period uk Separator in search of a sig |
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