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Plant of the Day

Tuesday 22 March 2022

A splash of early spring colour with Forsythia × intermedia 'Spring Glory'. This deciduous shrub has a spreading habit and is best pruned just after flowering to encourage new growth which will flower in subsequent years.

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 23 April 2019

The shrub Viburnum x burkwoodii 'Chenaultii' (arrowwood) is smothered in highly fragrant flowers in late April or early May. This cultivar is more compact than other Burkwood hybrids, some foliage will develop orange to rich red colours in the autumn while some leaves may be retained over winter. The bees were appreciating the flowers.

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 30 April 2019

The early flowering, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub Lonicera tatarica (Tatarian honeysuckle) is a native of eastern Asia but in North America, where it was introduced as an ornamental in 1752, it can be invasive. It will readily establish in open woodlands, fields, and other disturbed sites. It can spread rapidly due to birds and mammals feeding on the fruit and so spreading the seeds. The dense growth can restrict native plant growth and tree seedling establishment. However, this plant was being well behaved at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK.

Plant of the Day

Saturday 23 March 2019

While leafless in winter and early spring a mature Deutzia pulchra (deutzia) clearly displays its wonderful pale cinnamon coloured peeling bark. In late spring and early summer this native to the mountains of the northern Philippines will produce pendant white flowers tinged pink and borne in elegant sprays.

Plant of the Day

Saturday 12 January 2019

The flowers of Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle' (hydrangea) are a mixture of tiny fertile florets and larger more showy sterile ones in place of petals. The flowers are initially fresh green, turning white and finally the parchment coloured flower heads of the winter. This plant produces a small, deciduous shrub with broadly oval leaves; the size of the plant can easily be be controlled by pruning in the early spring before the buds burst.

Plant of the Day

Wednesday 23 May 2018

A froth of white flowers produced by the small, deciduous shrub Deutzia × rosea. The typical rounded form with arching branches are covered by white flowers opening from pink buds. This shrub will grow is sun or light shade and is tolerant of a range of soils.