Largely untried but it's proved fully hardy here on the nursery and there has been a good-sized specimen in the walled garden at Wakehurst for some time now.
Wednesday 29 June 2016
Strobilanthes angustifrons (aka Pteracanthus or possibly Goldfussia)
A deciduous shrub almost unknown in cultivation it seems. The flowers are of a rich glossy purple with a pale creamy throat. Very distinct. Flowers freely at the same time as other hardy Strobilanthes, in autumn.
Largely untried but it's proved fully hardy here on the nursery and there has been a good-sized specimen in the walled garden at Wakehurst for some time now.
Should be much better known.
£16
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angustifrons,
brighton,
Goldfussia,
nursery,
plants,
Pteracanthus,
Strobilanthes
Tuesday 7 June 2016
New shrubby Lonicera
What a fascinating genus Lonicera is. Most people I guess think of the climbing honeysuckle but there are at least as many non-climbing shrubby species, and a very varied bunch they are too. Almost all are easy and hardy in a variety of situations.
Lonicera chaetocarpa
An unusual and very un-honeysuckle-like non-climbing species with pairs of funnel-shaped pale yellow flowers in a large bristly papery pinkish or yellowish calyx, which persists around the orange berries.
The leaves are rich green and bristly. Very easy and hardy.
sold out already!
Lonicera chaetocarpa
An unusual and very un-honeysuckle-like non-climbing species with pairs of funnel-shaped pale yellow flowers in a large bristly papery pinkish or yellowish calyx, which persists around the orange berries.
The leaves are rich green and bristly. Very easy and hardy.
sold out already!
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