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Viburnum sargentii 'Onondaga'

6/7/2013

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PictureViburnum sargentii 'Onondaga' in flower/ June 2013. photo Green Point Garden Design

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Skimmia japonica 'Pabella'

11/20/2012

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PictureSkimmia japonica 'Pabella' fot. Green Point Garden Design, Bristol, October 2012
Skimmia japonica 'Pabella'


Family                        Rutaceae
Height & spread      100cm x 100cm
                                    Evergreen, 
 Soil                            Well-drained, humus-rich, neutral to acid soil
 Aspect                       Partial shade/ shade
 Hardiness                Frost hardy

This new variety (from Holland) has nice evergreen leaves as 'Rubella', however the biggest attraction is the abundance of berries which turn from green to red and which last for whole year.
'Pabella' is a female and you have to have a male var. next to to have a berries!!!

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Cornus kousa var. chinensis

10/28/2012

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Cornus kousa var. chinensis, Fruit in Autumn 2012. Fot: Green Point Garden Design Bri
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A large and elegant shrub/small tree. Fot: Green Point Garden Design, Bristol
Common name: Chinese dogwood  (Award of Garden Merit)

Family                        Cornaceae
Height & spread      7m x 5m
Soil                            Fertile, humus-rich, clay but well-drained, neutral to acid
Aspect                      Full sun /partial shade
Hardiness                Fully hardy 
Flowering time        May and June
Care                           Requires minimal pruning
  Rate of growth:    slow-growing to average

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Cornus kousa var. chinensis Fruit -edible or not :) looks tasty

A large and elegant shrub or small tree from Japan and Korea with two seasons of interest:
  • in early summer with slender-stalked flower heads of showy white bracts, that fade to lovely shades of pink.


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 In autumn the green leaves turn crimson-purple, orange and mature trees produce strawberry-like fruits.


The fruits are edible :)
I have tried one...not too bad however- not really one of my favorites. 

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Euonymus alatus

10/14/2012

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Common name: Winged spindleAGM  (Award of Garden Merit)

Family                        Celastraceae
Height & spread      200cm x 300cm
Soil                            any well-drained soil
Aspect                      Full sun /partial shade
Hardiness                Fully hardy 
Flowering time        May and June
Care                          While the plant is dormant in late- winter or early-spring remove 
                                   any misplaced or crossing branches and older stems to    
                                   achieve an open, permanent framework.
  Rate of growth:    slow-growing

PictureAutumn foliage and corky wings, Green Point Garden Design

Dense, bushy deciduous shrub with dark green leaves from spring to end summer  that turn  in autumn (vivid shades of scarlet and crimson).
The bark is also attractive with distinctive corky wings. Best planted in an area where the sun catches the spectacular autumn foliage, it makes an excellent specimen plant for a well-drained shrub border or woodland edge.

'Compactus' AGM, -syn. 'Ciliodentatus -is dwarf (up to 100cm), and very denser variety, will make a fine informal hedge

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Hamamelis x intermedia

2/27/2012

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Hamamelis x intermedia 'Arnold Promise' Green Point Garden Design
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Hamamelis x intermedia 'Diane'
Hamamelis x intermedia
Common name: Witch hazel
AGM  (Award of Garden Merit)


Family                        Hamamelidaceae
Height & spread      400cm x 400cm 
                                    Deciduous , 
 Soil                            Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained, acid to neutral in full 
                                    sun or partial shade.  
                                    is tolerated if the soil remains moist.
 Aspect                      Full sun or partial shade
 Hardiness               Hardy 
 Care                         Prune in late winter or early spring, when dormant- Remove            
                                   wayward or crossing shoots to maintain permanent, healthy 
                                   framework.

(H. japonica x H. mollis)
Vase-shaped shrub with ascending branches and broadly oval to obovate, bright green leaves, to 15cm long, turning yellow in autumn. In early and midwinter (after first frost), bears fragrant, yellow, dark red, or orange flowers, with crimped petals, on the bare branches.

'Advent' - bright yellow flowers
'Allgold' - bears small, dark yellow in mid- and late winter 
'Arnold Promise' - AGM, large yellow flowers in mid- and late winter
'Diane' - AGM, dark red flowers in mid- and late winter 
'Jelena' - AGM, large, coppery orange flowers in early and midwinter
'Moonlight' - large, pale yellow flowers in mid- and late winter
'Pallida' (syn. Mollis 'Pallida'), AGM, large, sulphur-yellow flowers in mid- and late  
               winter
'Sunburst' - large, pale yellow flowers in mid- and late winter
'Vezna' - large, dark orange- yellow flowers with pendent petals, flushed red at the 
                bases in mid- and late winter.



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Sarcococca confusa

1/3/2012

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Sarcococca confusa
Common name: Christmas box, Sweet box.
AGM  (Award of Garden Merit)


Family                        Buxaceae
Height & spread      200cm x 100cm 
                                    Evergreen, 
 Soil                            Moderately fertile, humus rich, moist but well-drained. Full sun  
                                    is tolerated if the soil remains moist.
 Aspect                      deep or partial shade
 Hardiness               Fully hardy 
Care                          Prunne annually after flowering to maintain shape. Remove 
                                   suckers and dead and damaged growht in mid-spring.

This species, from West China (probably) is a dense, rounded, bushy shrub with eliptic, tapered, glossy dark green leaves, to 6cm long. Cluster of about 5 very fragrant white flowers are borne in winter, followed by spherical, glossy black fruit.
If you want a seriously intense exprience then you should stand about few metres away from this shrub on winter day.
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Skimmia japonica 'Rubella'

12/3/2011

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Red flower buds (in November), Skimmia japonica 'Rubella' - Green Point Garden Design, Bristol
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First flowers in February, Skimmia japonica 'Rubella'
Skimmia japonica 'Rubella'
AGM  (Award of Garden Merit)


Family                        Rutaceae
Height & spread      120cm x 120cm
                                    Evergreen, 
 Soil                            Well-drained, humus-rich, neutral to acid soil
 Aspect                       Partial shade
 Hardiness                Frost hardy

This is a compact male clone and it therefore produces no berries.
Green leathery leaves with red-margined and dark red flower buds from october to march openin in tinny white-pink flowers.
Skimmias are suitable for a shrub border or woodland garden.
A leaves my become chlorotic on poor, dry soil or if over exposed to sun.

Female variegaty:
S. japoinca 'Bowles Dwarf'
S. japonica 'Cecilia Brown'
S. japonica 'Fructu Albo'
S. japonica 'Nymans'
S. japonica subst. revesiana (hermafrodite)
S. japonica 'Rogersii'
S. japonica 'Veitchii'
S. japonica 'Wakehurst'. 


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