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Cordyline indivisa

Cordyline indivisa in the wild occurs at higher altitudes than C. australis and therefore should be hardier, which is curious as it has much wider leaves that in our windy climate is not generally helpful for hardiness but it will survive to at least –5C. The broad leaves are the reason for growing it and they should have longitudinal red stripes – which ours do. The difficulty that the two species hybridise freely and pure C.indivisa is rare with a complete range of variation in the hybrids. Even micropropagated plants are not always true to name.

Corokia cotoneaster

Corokia cotoneaster has a charm which most of the rest of the genus lack having small zig-zagging, almost black, shoots and tiny bright green leaves. The flowers, in late spring, are tiny, bright yellow and starry. It has survived 15 years in the ground here so justifies its Z8 rating. It is unkindly known as “Wire-netting bush”

Fuchsia procumbens

Fuchsia procumbens is at the other end of the Fuchsia family from excorticata (yes it does what it says on the tin) with small round leaves and flowers with yellow tubes and reflexed petals which are green at the base and tipped with purple. Z9, but a bit easier to protect than its tree relative. Can spread to 1m.

Fuchsia excorticata

Fuchsia excorticata (New Zealand Tree Fuchsia) is Z9, but you are not going to get a tree if you leave it outside it many parts of the country. The flowers start blue/green becoming purple/maroon and the prominent anthers carry blue pollen which has to a USP. Go on, have a bit of fun.

Delospermas

Delospermas are from South Africa but with the exception of D. cooperi (Z6) are only just hardy (Z9). They are best thought of as perennial Mesembryanthemums, having prostrate succulent foliage with flowers up to 5cm across opening and closing with the sun. D. sutherlandii and D.cooperi are pink (and I mean pink), D.s. ‘Peach Star’ does do what is says on the tin, and D. congestum is bright yellow.

The hardiness of restios

The hardiness of restios (Chondropetalum, Elegia and Rhodocoma) has been a question but experience is now suggesting that they are at least as hardy as Cordyline which is good enough for me. The crowns can be mulched in winter as an aid to hardiness and although the foliage may be scorched the crown will recover. Chondropetalum resembles a rush having upright stems, banded in black, while the others are all more feathery. Excellent for pot culture, but in the ground they are clump formers and not invasive [At the moment they are listed amongst the grasses, but I will get them listed together in the near future].

Ribes x gordonianum

Ribes x gordonianum is a hybrid between the red R.sanguinem and the yellow R.odoratum and it obligingly has flowers that are red on the outside and yellow on the inside. In leaf and general appearance it is nearer to R.sanguinem as it doesn’t have glossy leaves. Another completely hardy shrub

Weigela middendorfiana

We have grown Weigela middendorfiana before, but the stock we had was so infested with eelworm that we dropped it. What we are offering now is from seed and it is clean with fresh green leaves and no little black markings. The flowers are like primrose foxgloves with deep red markings on the lower side. Completely hardy (although Hilliers manual recommends shade and shelter).

Viburnum plicatum ‘Pink Beauty’

Viburnum plicatum ‘Pink Beauty’ does not do what is says on the tin, but is nonetheless a good variety. It is more compact in habit than many other varieties and has darker green, smaller leaves. The pink is there when the flowers first open, but it doesn’t last. There are other clones circulating under this name which have no pink phase at all.

Late summer reading.

There is are a lot of new items on the list (posted yesterday www.jackdawsfield.co.uk), among the widest range of our catalogued items that we have had available for a long time. Although we would be very pleased to despatch more now, we know that most of you have closed the door on your potting shed for the season, so we expect the majority of orders to be for next year. Why not take advantage of the length of this list and try some new things, bearing in mind that some of them will sell quickly and will not appear again for another year.

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August Special offers - Tree's

140 Acacia longifolia £0.70 47 Trachycarpos fortunei £1.10

August Special offers - Shrubs - Part 2

190 Jasminum fruticans £0.75 110 Lavatera Blushing Bride £0.65 53 Lavatera Bredon Springs £0.65 33 Lavatera Kew Rose £0.65 190 Lavatera Rosea £0.75 180 Ligustrum sinense Variegatum £0.60 70 Lonicera albertii £0.60 270 Lonicera involucrata £0.60 50 Lonicera maa. v. podocarpa £0.65 190 Malvastrum lateritium £0.70 150 Olearia phl. Combers Pink £0.70 50 Olearia macrodonta £0.75 150 Olearia nummularifolia £0.75 80 Ozothamnus Threave Seedling £0.75 260 Photinia Red Robin £0.95 50 Piptanthus nepalensis £0.80 70 Pittosporum Margaret Turnbull £0.85 230 Prostanthera ovalifolia Variegata £0.80 60 Pyracantha Molten Lava £0.65 350 Ribes x gordonianum £0.75 90 Rosmarinus off Roseus £0.65 30 Salix babylonica Annularis £0.70 90 Santolina incana £0.65 60 Santolina virens £0.65 70 Santolina virens Primrose Gem £0.65 48 Solanum rantonnetii £0.65 145 Sorbaria aitchisonii £0.85 130 Sorbaria sorbifolia £0.85 30 Viburnum plicatum Shasta £0.80 180 Vinca difformis Sardoa £0.70 80 Vinca minor Aurea £0.70 50 Vinca minor Azurea Flore Pleno £0.65 200 Vinca minor Bowle's Variety £0.75 140 Weigela Praecox Variegata £0.75 54 Yucca aloifolia £0.80

August Special offers - Grasses + Friends and Relations

100 Acorus gramineus Ogon £0.85 340 Carex oshimensis Evergold £0.95 110 Deschampsia c. Bronzeschelier £0.65 160 Milium effusum Aureum £0.65 100 Miscanthus sin. Yaku-jima £1.15 90 Molinia Edith Dudzus £0.75 1930 Ophiopogon pl. Nigrescens £1.25 40 Pennisetum orientale £0.65 500 Phormium tenax £0.75 1870 Phormium tenax - plugs (77's) £0.30

August Special offers - Grasses

100 Acorus gramineus Ogon £0.85 340 Carex oshimensis Evergold £0.95 110 Deschampsia c. Bronzeschelier £0.65 160 Milium effusum Aureum £0.65 100 Miscanthus sin. Yaku-jima £1.15 90 Molinia Edith Dudzus £0.75 1930 Ophiopogon pl. Nigrescens £1.25 40 Pennisetum orientale £0.65 500 Phormium tenax £0.75 1870 Phormium tenax - plugs (77's) £0.30

August Special offers - Herbaceous Perennials

300 Achillea mixed, named. Per 100 £65.00 90 Amsonia tabernaemontana £0.65 60 Aruncus dioicus Kneiffii £0.95 130 Euphorbia robbiae £0.80 500 Helleborus Party Dress Mixed Named £125.00 500 Bearded Iris - mixed named per 100 £95.00 40 Paradisea lusitanica £0.70 200 Penstemon Abbotsmerry £0.65 200 Penstemon Beckford £0.65 150 Penstemon Russian River £0.65

August Special offers - Climbers

30 Ampelopsis brevipedunculata £0.75 110 Berberidopsis corallina £0.80 70 Celastrus orbic.- hermaphrodite £0.75 340 Jasminum officinale Arg. Variegatum £0.85 200 Jasminum officinale Aureum £0.75 60 Lonicera alseuosmoides £0.75 80 Lonicera caprifolium £0.75 180 Lonicera giraldii £0.75 50 Lonicera henryi £0.70 50 Lonicera KR291 £0.75 100 Lonicera trag. 'Maurice Foster' £0.80 40 Lonicera x italica £0.70 140 Pandorea pandorana Golden Showers £0.95 180 Parthenocissus quinquefolia £0.70 120 Rhus ambigua £0.80 100 Vitis amurensis £0.75 60 Vitis vinifera Spetchley Red £0.75

August Special offers - Shrubs - Part 1

220 Aristotelia chilensis Variegata £0.85 70 Artemisia Powis Castle £0.70 20 Artemisia Faith Raven £0.70 40 Brachyglottis Sunshine £0.70 350 Buddleja alternifolia Argentea £0.80 90 Buddleja auriculata £0.65 125 Buddleja fallowiana Alba £0.65 140 Buddleja farreri £0.65 40 Buddleja loricata £0.65 80 Calceolaria integrifolia £0.75 90 Cantua buxifolia - white form £0.55 230 Caryopteris cl Arthur Simmonds £0.70 30 Caryopteris cl First Choice £0.70 150 Caryopteris Sunshine Blue -rylty pd £0.80 250 Ceanothus Tilden Park £0.65 38 Ceratostigma abyssinicum £0.85 63 Ceratostigma griffithii £0.80 130 Chaenomeles Knap Hill Scarlet £0.70 60 Chaenomeles Pink Lady £0.70 160 Cistus Crispus £0.65 80 Cistus dansereaui 'Jenkyn Place' £0.65 150 Cistus hybridus £0.65 60 Cistus Ruby Cluster £0.65 50 Cistus salviifolius Gold Star £0.65 50 Coprosma Evening Glow £0.75 210 Coprosma Roy's Red £0.65 420 Cornus canadensis £0.85 110 Corokia buddlejoides £0.85 30 Coronilla emerus £0.75 20 Cytisus x kewensis £0.85 35 Cytisus x kewensis Niki £0.85 70 Drimys lanceolata £0.90 85 Escallonia Donard White £0.65 60 Escallonia illinita £0.75 220 Escallonia iveyii £0.75 30 Escallonia Peach Blossom £0.65 220 Euonymus fort. Silver Queen £0.80 50 Euryops pectinatus £0.65 110 Fatshedera lizei £0.85 120 Fatshedera lizei Annamieke £0.85 400 Mixed named Fuchias per 100 £70.00 450 Griselinia litt Variegata £0.85 390 Griselinia littoralis £0.80 65 Halimium umbellatum £0.65 70 Helichrysum italicum Dartington £0.65

July Special offers - Grasses (+ Friends & Relations)

100 Acorus gramineus Ogon £0.85 340 Carex oshimensis Evergold £0.95 110 Deschampsia c. Bronzeschelier £0.65 80 Eragrostis spectabilis £0.65 160 Milium effusum Aureum £0.65 100 Miscanthus sin. Yaku-jima £1.15 90 Molinia Edith Dudzus £0.75 1930 Ophiopogon pl. Nigrescens £1.25 40 Pennisetum orientale £0.65 500 Phormium tenax £0.75 1870 Phormium tenax - plugs (77's) £0.30

July Special offers - Herbaceous Perennials

300 Achillea mixed, named. Per 100 £65.00 90 Amsonia tabernaemontana £0.65 60 Aruncus dioicus Kneiffii £0.95 80 Euphorbia martinii £0.85 130 Euphorbia robbiae £0.80 500 Helleborus Party Dress Mixed Named £125.00 500 Bearded Iris - mixed named per 100 £95.00 40 Paradisea lusitanica £0.70 200 Penstemon Abbotsmerry £0.65 200 Penstemon Beckford £0.65 150 Penstemon Russian River £0.65

July Special offers - Climbers

30 Ampelopsis brevipedunculata £0.75 110 Berberidopsis corallina £0.80 70 Celastrus orbic.- hermaphrodite £0.75 340 Jasminum officinale Arg. Variegatum £0.85 200 Jasminum officinale Aureum £0.75 70 Lonicera alseuosmoides £0.75 80 Lonicera caprifolium £0.75 200 Lonicera giraldii £0.75 50 Lonicera henryi £0.70 50 Lonicera KR291 £0.75 126 Lonicera trag. 'Maurice Foster' £0.80 80 Lonicera x italica £0.70 140 Pandorea pandorana Golden Showers £0.95 180 Parthenocissus quinquefolia £0.70 120 Rhus ambigua £0.80 100 Vitis amurensis £0.75 60 Vitis vinifera Spetchley Red £0.75

July Special offers - Shrubs - Part 2

210 Hypericum x cyath Gold Cup £0.70 30 Ilex crenata Golden Gem £0.65 190 Jasminum fruticans £0.75 50 Lavandula vera £0.75 100 Lavatera Blushing Bride £0.65 53 Lavatera Bredon Springs £0.65 53 Lavatera Kew Rose £0.65 190 Lavatera Rosea £0.75 180 Ligustrum sinense Variegatum £0.75 70 Lonicera albertii £0.60 270 Lonicera involucrata £0.60 60 Lonicera maa. v. podocarpa £0.65 190 Malvastrum lateritium £0.70 150 Olearia phl. Combers Pink £0.70 90 Olearia macrodonta £0.75 150 Olearia nummularifolia £0.75 80 Ozothamnus Threave Seedling £0.75 280 Photinia Red Robin £0.95 95 Piptanthus nepalensis £0.80 70 Pittosporum Margaret Turnbull £0.85 230 Prostanthera ovalifolia Variegata £0.80 60 Pyracantha Molten Lava £0.70 350 Ribes x gordonianum £0.75 90 Rosmarinus off Roseus £0.65 20 Salix babylonica Annularis £0.70 10 Salix erythroflexuosa £0.70 90 Santolina incana £0.65 50 Santolina virens £0.65 50 Santolina virens Primrose Gem £0.65 48 Solanum rantonnetii £0.65 180 Sorbaria aitchisonii £0.85 130 Sorbaria sorbifolia £0.85 41 Viburnum plicatum Shasta £0.80 200 Vinca difformis Sardoa £0.70 80 Vinca minor Aurea £0.70 70 Vinca minor Azurea Flore Pleno £0.65 200 Vinca minor Bowle's Variety £0.75 140 Weigela Praecox Variegata £0.75 54 Yucca aloifolia £0.80 140 Acacia longifolia £0.70 47 Trachycarpos fortunei £1.10

July Special offers - Shrubs - Part 1

220 Aristotelia chilensis Variegata £0.85 60 Artemisia Powis Castle £0.70 60 Artemisia Faith Raven £0.70 40 Brachyglottis Sunshine £0.70 370 Buddleja alternifolia Argentea £0.80 120 Buddleja auriculata £0.70 145 Buddleja fallowiana Alba £0.70 160 Buddleja farreri £0.65 50 Buddleja loricata £0.65 100 Calceolaria integrifolia £0.75 90 Cantua buxifolia - white form £0.70 230 Caryopteris cl Arthur Simmonds £0.70 30 Caryopteris cl First Choice £0.70 150 Caryopteris Sunshine Blue -rylty pd £0.80 30 Ceanothus Blue Mound £0.80 250 Ceanothus Tilden Park £0.75 50 Ceratostigma abyssinicum £0.85 63 Ceratostigma griffithii £0.80 130 Chaenomeles Knap Hill Scarlet £0.80 60 Chaenomeles Pink Lady £0.80 160 Cistus Crispus £0.70 80 Cistus dansereaui 'Jenkyn Place' £0.70 130 Cistus hybridus £0.70 60 Cistus Ruby Cluster £0.65 50 Cistus salviifolius Gold Star £0.65 80 Coprosma Evening Glow £0.75 210 Coprosma Roy's Red £0.65 420 Cornus canadensis £0.85 110 Corokia buddlejoides £0.85 30 Coronilla emerus £0.75 20 Cytisus x kewensis £0.85 40 Cytisus x kewensis Niki £0.85 70 Drimys lanceolata £0.90 70 Escallonia Donard White £0.65 60 Escallonia illinita £0.75 220 Escallonia iveyii £0.75 30 Escallonia Peach Blossom £0.65 220 Euonymus fort. Silver Queen £0.80 50 Euryops pectinatus £0.65 130 Fatshedera lizei £0.85 120 Fatshedera lizei Annamieke £0.85 500 Mixed named Fuchias per 100 £70.00 450 Griselinia litt Variegata £0.85 390 Griselinia littoralis £0.80 65 Halimium umbellatum £0.65 70 Helichrysum italicum Dartington £0.65

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Ends of lines and seconds

Following the retirement of one our largest customers one of our smallest has also gone, and the reason I tell you this is that they were our largest buyer of ends of lines and seconds, taking mixed job lots (all named) which they grew on for their market stall. Is this of interest to you?

Vinca difformis

We also push the boat out with Vinca difformis varieties, which are often wrongly listed as Z9, but we have never lost any here. On very cold mornings (-8 or so) the foliage goes flaccid but recovers as soon as the temperature rises. Most of the forms (except Sardoa) grow to about 40 cm in the open, but much more against a wall or with something to scramble up. There only seems to be one white form, which we grow as ‘Snowmound’ (syn ‘Alba’, ‘Greystone Form’), the type is ice-blue and ‘Jenny Pym’ is almost a pure pink (slightly bluish in some light and when you try to photograph it with film). ‘Sardoa’ is the deepest blue, particularly as the flowers open and is more vigorous with a sparser habit. All flower almost all the year round, peaking in the autumn. If they a have a fault it is that they can be invasive – at least on heavy soil. Very underused and underrated.

Trachelospermum

Carrying on from yesterday we also grow a lot of Trachelospermum species and varieties and these too cause confusion. There are two species; T. asiaticum has smaller leaves, creamy flowers and is hardier (Z7) than T. jasminoides (Z8) Which has white flowers and is more fragrant. Easy to follow so far, but both species have a form called ‘Majus’ with larger leaves than the type, so that T. asiaticum ‘Majus’, which is our most popular form, has leaves not much smaller than the type T. jasminoides. T.j. Wilsonii has distinct veins on small narrow leaves and the whole plant turns red in winter. T.j ‘Variegata’ is strongly white variegated to the extent that you hardly see the flowers, but you can still smell them. Trachelospermum are the same family as Vincas (Apocynaceae) which you appreciate when they set the same odd, long cylindrical fruit (and they have the same sticky white sap). T. asiaticum ‘Majus’ was once considered a species in its own right but was lumped into T. asiaticum because it has the same coloured flowers. I am not convinced.

Phlomis

Why do we grow so many Phlomis species? Because we can and each have their claim to fame. Not all that we grow are currently available, but this is the run down. Phlomis fruticosa is the well known Jerusalem Sage, which is woody with hairy grey/green leaves and bright yellow flowers. P. chrysophylla is similar but has golden down on the young leaves which are longer and greyer. P. purpurea is very similar in leaf to P.fruticosa but has pink flowers (not purple), as does P.italica which has distinctly longer, narrower and greyer leaves than all the rest. P. russelliana is more of a perennial forming a mat of large grey leaves form which arise stems of yellow flowers of a softer shade than P. fruticosa. P. tuberosa is herbaceous, overwintering as tubers from which arise tall stems (150 cm) of deep pink flowers. P. longifolia is shrubby again, being distinct in having large dark green leaves; its bright yellow flowers are very showy. All are hardy, but can be damaged by winter wet and cold, but they do recover.

Bekheya purpurea

Bekheya purpurea is a hardy, perennial, rosette-forming thistle with the most delicate daisy-like flowers up to 8cm across, in deep pinky/lilac on stems to 80cm. Best in well-drained soil. Very prickly but very lovely.

Clematis

Clematis armandii and C. a. ‘Snowdrift’ will be available again next April for those who book them now. This is an item that we trade, and because they grow into each other and get damaged we like to have them on the nursery for as short a time as possible, which is why they are only available to order. Note that ‘Apple Blossom is not being offered any more. Prices for 2010 will be the same as this year i.e. £2.40 for 20-59, £2.35 for 60-199, £2.29 for 200-499. Please let us know your requirements as soon as possible.

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Vinca minor ‘Hawaii

Vinca minor ‘Hawaii’ is a blue flowering variety with very dark green foliage that is close to the ground, in the manner of V.m.‘Gertrude Jekyll’. It could be a winner.

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Owing to the sudden retirement of a large customer, for whom we did a lot of bespoke work, quite a number of items appear on the availability list in any quantity for the first time (I think).

They include:

Ampelopsis delvaniana – similar to A. brevipedunculata but darker blue berries.

Anisodonta x hypomadara - Larger in all ways than A.capensis with veined cerise flowers.

Buddleja auriculata – leaves felted white underneath, flowers creamy white with orange centres, sweetly fragrant in autumn and winter. I thought this was an oddity in the young plants, but that is when they are supposed to flower. Z8.

Buddleia farreri – large toothed leaves, white below, velvety above. Lilac-pink flowers in spring. Z9.

Buddleja loricata – narrow grey leaves, rolled downwards. White flowers. Very hardy and a good silver.

Ceanothus ‘Tilden Park’ – small glossy green leaves, indigo blue flowers (reminds me of Italian Skies but a deeper blue)

Ceratostigma abyssinicum –more woody than the more common Cerats. Larger flowers of a beautiful deep blue. Z9

Cistus ladanifer Blanche – the varieties of C. ladanifer are confusing, particularly if you remember the nugget of information that all the purple blotching of Cistus derives from this species. And that is because not all the named forms are blotched, and Blanche is one of these. It is semi-double making a very full flower. (C.l. form sulcatus is not blotched while Pat and Paladin are; Paladin has feathered petals). To add to the confusion there is a named variety of the form sulcatus (called Bicolor) which is blotched, but fortunately we don’t grow it.

Cistus Paper Moon – papery white flowers, upright plant, Sport of Peggy Sammons.

Cytisus kewensis Niki – bright yellow flowers rather than the cream of the species.

Euryops pectinatus – grey pinnately leaved shrub with yellow daisy flowers. Very pretty. Z8.

Ficus Adam – no idea what it’s claim to fame is, but have you noticed that pictures of anybody covering themselves with a fig leaf almost invariably show a vine leaf.

Fuchsia mag Variegata – green and white variegation, typical small magellanica flower. Not such a thug as Versicolor.

Jasminum fruticans – scrambling shrub with fragrant yellow flowers.

Jasminum parkerii - (not new but reappearing). Small mound forming species with small yellow flowers with a ridiculously strong scent.

Lonicera albertii – in the same vein as L. syringantha

Lonicera caprifolium – earliest climbing honeysuckle to flower. Cream coloured and fragrant.

Lonicera involucrata – vigorous shrubby species with red and yellow flowers, around now. Needs a chainsaw to prune it.

Lonicera KR 291 – never found out the origin of this one, but is similar to L. alseuosmides.

Olearia nummularifolia – woody species with tiny leaves and white flowers. Said to be fragrant. Compact grower, hardy.

Olearia paniculata – looks more like a large leaved Pittosporum. Never seen it flower, but said to have fragrant dull white flowers in autumn. Ultimately a small tree. Z8

Persicaria Comptons Form - Leaves are interestingly patterned. Herbaceous, but reaches 1m. Same species as ‘Painters Palette’.

Phlomis chrysophylla - The name means yellow leaves – but it is only the pubescence which is yellow and so are the flowers. Z9 (P. fruticosa is Z7).

Phlomis purpurea – isn’t purple in leaf or flower. Foliage similar to P. fruticosa but pink flowers like P. italica. Z8 as is P .italica which is hardy here.

Salvia Christine Yeo - Small purple flowers. Thin stemmed, woody plant 60cm x 60cm. Hardy.

Salvia Crete Stolze - Form of S. officinaliis but you wouldn’t cook with it as it is pungent rather than aromatic. Blue flowers now 30cm high by twice as wide.

Trachelospermum jasminoides Wilsonii - (re-appearing). I thought this was grown for is veined leaves (besides the flowers) but it also has the strange merit, for an evergreen, of turning red in autumn and then greening up again. The veining also comes and goes.

Trachelosspermum jasminoides Waterwheel - Very narrow leaves and that is all I know. Did it come from the (closed) Waterwheel Nursery?

Viburnum opulus ‘Park Harvest’ -I never have known any supposed differences between this and V.o. Aureum.

Vinca difformis Sardoa - The most blue and the biggest form of this underused species. Always in flower to some extent, peaking in the colder months. All the forms are hardy despite the books denying this. (Z9 is not true)

Vitis vinifera Spetchley Red - Shining red autumn colour and presumably fruit too.

Zauschneria californica Ed Carmen - We gave up on this species years ago because we couldn’t overcome its deathwish., but this form is ok. Rather an untidy grower with deep red trumpet flowers.