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whats your favourite plant / shrub / tree and why ?

i will start it of with mine = bleeding heart

my reason:

it was the very first plant i ever looked at (properly) it was on my first day as a landscape gardeners aprentice when i was 14, i showed up for my first day and was about to knock on the bosses door when i saw this plant in his front garden, for about 10 minuets i was just stearing at it untill he opend his door and when he did the words just seemed to roll out of his mouth Dicentra spectabilis, this was also the very first latin name i ever learnt and from that day sparked a mass thirst for knowlege and a huge respect for the plants around me as i never looked at any flowering or non-flowering plant the same way,

 even to this day

 

so ive done me now what about you guys (even if your a hard landscaper im sure you have one) 

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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Claire Brown on March 21, 2011 at 18:42

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


PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Neal Barker @ Etesia uk on March 21, 2011 at 18:49
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 

PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Chris Auld on March 21, 2011 at 19:11
 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.

PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Neal Barker @ Etesia uk on March 21, 2011 at 19:16
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.
Permalink Reply by T & S Plants on March 21, 2011 at 19:30

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.

 

 

Permalink Reply by Richard Boyd on March 21, 2011 at 20:47

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.
Permalink Reply by Richard Boyd on March 21, 2011 at 21:07
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.

PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Andrew @ The Outsidedge on March 21, 2011 at 23:52
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.
Permalink Reply by Brigitt Stevenson on March 26, 2011 at 3:52
Definitely the Cercis canadensis...the Gorgeous 'Redbud' Tree.


It flowers before any leaves emerge and when the leaves do emerge they are 'Heart-Shaped', a beautiful site and
welcome to any garden..

It's bark is Smooth dark gray/brown furrowing with age, turns somewhat orange in color.

And the twigs are brown, slender and angled.

This Tree has and shows off it's characteristics in all 4 of the Seasons, definitely one that I like to recommend

to my clients...
The picture is of one of my Designs...
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PRO MemberPermalink Reply by Dan Frazer Gardening on April 3, 2011 at 10:53

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

 

Permalink Reply by claire carter on April 3, 2011 at 13:05
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.

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