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  Claire Brown March 21, 2011 at 6:42pm

  Good Choice, I love them too, - very hard to pick just one, and my favs change all the time, but as a family I love Clematis

  this one is Early sensation, and I use it for ground cover rather than climbing.

   

  As a name, I love Opiopogon planiscapus nigrescens
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  Neal Barker @ Etesia uk March 21, 2011 at 6:49pm

  i must say gary when looked after and in the right place an acer is a superb addition to any garden very good choice and claire i have to agrea, clematis montana elizabeth is my fav them flowers are so rich and deep in colour, lovely 
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  Chris Auld March 21, 2011 at 7:11pm

   i would love to have one of these trees, Loadsa casha, you can buy them off the internet, they cost over a grand each but pay for themselves after only a few weeks providing you keep them well watered.
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  Neal Barker @ Etesia uk March 21, 2011 at 7:16pm

  i used to have one of these but it died from parasitic type strangle weed  wifeus spenidum
  
  Chris Auld said:

   i would love to have one of these trees, Loadsa casha, you can buy them off the internet, they cost over a grand each but pay for themselves after only a few weeks providing you keep them well watered.
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  T & S Plants March 21, 2011 at 7:30pm

  Well, being a lover of Autumn, it has to be Acer griseum (Paperbark Maple) closely followed by Liquidambar styraciflua

   

  Acer grisium -  green leaves in the boring Summer.  Comes alight in Autumn going through orange then red, stunning!  Then through Winter beautiful peeling bark through Winter sunlight.  Truly a 12 months a year plant?

   

  Liquidambar styracilfua - Maple-like green leaves, turning stunning Autumn colours, and hanging on in our old garden till Boxing Day.  Beautiful "corky bark" another year round plant.

   

  Plants have to "work" 12 months a year for us to win garden space.

   

  Could go on Prunus serrula Tibetica, Cornus kousa et all.

   

   
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  Richard Boyd March 21, 2011 at 8:47pm

  LOL nice plant selection guys!

  
  Neal Barker @ Etesia uk said:

  i used to have one of these but it died from parasitic type strangle weed  wifeus spenidum
  
  Chris Auld said:

   i would love to have one of these trees, Loadsa casha, you can buy them off the internet, they cost over a grand each but pay for themselves after only a few weeks providing you keep them well watered.
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  Richard Boyd March 21, 2011 at 9:07pm

  Tillandsias (air plants) some amazing plants within this species, both the flowers and foliage so many interesting shapes...very versatile little buggers as well. Also Jasminum officinale I've have a couple of large gardens and managed to grow some pretty substantial plants love the effect of it climbing walls and the smell on a warm still night.
  
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  Andrew @ The Outsidedge March 21, 2011 at 11:52pm

  Prunus incisa 'Kojo No Mai'. Great all year round interest from the light pink blooms, dark green sereated leaves, firey autumn colour, and the contorted zig zag stems. Currently my number one plant.
  
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  Dan Frazer Gardening April 3, 2011 at 10:53am

  I'm a fan of Ligularia 'The Rocket', grows in clay in total shade quite happily and looks architecturally stunning

   

  
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  claire carter April 3, 2011 at 1:05pm

  brilliant please send me a link ! ;-]
  
  Chris Auld said:

   i would love to have one of these trees, Loadsa casha, you can buy them off the internet, they cost over a grand each but pay for themselves after only a few weeks providing you keep them well watered.