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Clematis 'Esme'

10/3/2012

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Hampton Court 2012 - Just launched Clematis 'Esme' - Foto Green Point Garden Design Bristol
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Brand new Clematis, launched at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2012. These are low growing clematis, ideal for pots.
Plant in any aspect
Very long flowering period from May to September. 
Hight 100cm
Prune hard group 3
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Cosmos atrosanguineus 'Chocolate'

8/27/2012

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Cosmos atrosanguineus 'Chocolate'. Green Point Garden Design'
Cosmos atrosanguineus 'Chocolate'Common name: chocolate cosmos
Family                        Asteraceae =      
                                    Compositae
Height & spread     40cm x 30cm
Soil                            Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained 
Aspect                      Full sun
Hardiness                Half hardy 
Flowering time        June to September 
Care                       Dead head to prolong flowering. In autumn after the foliage has 
                                died back cut the stems to within 5cm of the roots. To minimise 
                                frost damage, protect the tuberous roots by lay in tray of 
                                soil or compost and over-winter in a frost-free environment until 
                                early spring
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Cosmos atrosanguineus 'Choclate' GPGD
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Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm'

8/27/2012

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Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm'. Green Point Garden Design Bristol
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Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm'.
Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm'  AGM
Common name: Coneflower

Family                        Asteraceae =      
                                    Compositae
Height & spread      60cm x 70cm
Soil                            moderately fertile, 
                                   preferably heavy but 
                                   well-drained
Aspect                      Full sun
Hardiness               Fully hardy 
Flowering time       August to October
                                  (yellow narrow-petalled)
Care                         Very tought and reliable. 
                                  Lift and divide congested
                                  colonies in autumn or spring 
  

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Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue

7/30/2012

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Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue (not in full colour yet). Fot: Green Point Garden Design, Bristol
Echinops ritro 'Veitch's Blue
Common name: Globe thistle 

Family                        Asteraceae =      
                                    Compositae
Height & spread      90cm x 50cm 
Soil                            Poor, well drained soil 
Aspect                      Full sun or partial shade
Hardiness               Fully hardy 
Flowering time        August
Care                          Cut down to the ground after flowering to encourage a second 
                                   flush of flowers. Dead-head to prevent self-seeding.
                                   The flower heads may be cut and dried for winter decoration.
 

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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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Native Hedges

1/19/2012

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Hedges, now's the time to plant them. 
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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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Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'

11/4/2011

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Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
A strongly vertical  flower stem bleaching to a beautiful straw colour late in the season.  It provides good contrast to low-mounded perennials or shrubs.
Very architectural and superb for informal screening. 

How to grow:
  • Full or part sun
  • Ordinary to poor soil
  • Tolerates either wet or dry conditions.
  • Divide and plant in spring or late summer.
  • Cut back in early spring
  • Deciduous
  • Height 1,6 - 1.8m
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Plant of the Month - November

10/30/2011

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Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
 AGM  (Award of Garden Merit)


Family                        Convalliariaceae
Height & spread      20cm x 30cm
                                    Evergreen perennial
 Soil                            Moist, well-drained, humus-rich, slightly acid soil
 Aspect                       Full sun or partial shade
 Hardiness                Hardy

Clump-forming, spreading, rhizomatous perennial with strap-shaped, curving, leathery almost black leaves. Short bell-shaped, racemes of pale purplish flowers in spring, followed by dark blue-black fruit.

Looks good interplanted with small wandering perennial, lacy foliage and fragile pink flowers. It also makes a good foil for dwarf rock garden bulbs in spring.

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