Nicks Notes

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2009-10-15T10:06:00.000+01:00

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2009-10-05T11:11:00.000+01:00

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2009-09-30T10:05:00.001+01:00

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Cordyline indivisa

2009-09-18T09:48:00.000+01:00

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

2009-09-17T09:47:00.000+01:00

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

2009-09-16T09:45:00.000+01:00

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

2009-09-15T09:45:00.000+01:00

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

2009-09-14T09:43:00.000+01:00

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

2009-09-13T09:41:00.000+01:00

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

2009-09-12T09:40:00.000+01:00

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

2009-09-11T09:30:00.000+01:00

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’

2009-09-10T09:19:00.000+01:00

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.

2009-09-09T08:51:00.003+01:00

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.

Availability

2009-09-08T15:07:00.000+01:00

August Special offers - Tree's

2009-08-11T15:06:00.001+01:00

140 Acacia longifolia £0.70 47 Trachycarpos fortunei £1.10

August Special offers - Shrubs - Part 2

2009-08-11T15:05:00.001+01:00

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

2009-08-11T15:03:00.005+01:00

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

2009-08-11T15:03:00.001+01:00

August Special offers - Herbaceous Perennials

2009-08-11T15:02:00.001+01:00

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

2009-08-11T15:01:00.000+01:00

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

2009-08-11T15:00:00.001+01:00

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)

2009-07-29T09:48:00.001+01:00

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

2009-07-29T09:47:00.000+01:00

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

2009-07-29T09:46:00.000+01:00

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

2009-07-29T09:43:00.000+01:00

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