Hello, - we have had a whole load of smashing new specimen stock in at the nursery recently. Graeme's shopping trips have paid off - and we have stacked our sales area with loads of goodies ready for the autumn planting season.
We have specimen crab apples - Malus 'Red Sentinel' - and 'Evereste' loaded with fruit - we have Liquidambers now starting to colour up - we have some cracking shrubby Arbutus unedo - the Strawberry Tree. There are some very nice bamboos - both in the green and the black variety - just coming into flower is Osmanthus aquifolium - a Holly-like shrub - but not prickly - and producing the most wonderfully-scented flowers at this time of year!!
We have a number of Eucalyptus gunnii cones - nice and bushy with that lovely juvenile rounded foliage - as well as specimen trees. Graeme has managed to get hold of some lovely Magnolia grandiflora - really luxuriant leaves - so glossy - and with that furry,felty brown underside - just gorgeous! Some large specimens of the more usual spring-flowering Magnolias as well.
We have several upright conifers in - from the yellow Cupressus 'Goldcrest' to the blue Juniper 'Skyrocket' - these really come into their own in the winter months.
On the evergreen standard tree front - we have some very large Privets - both the variegated and the ordinary green - these are excellent for providing height without getting too tall - there are just so few evergreen trees - we also have a few Quercus ilex - evergreen oak standards - this is such a tough chap -so we also have these as multistemmed shrubs - rather nice for screening.
On the smaller front - a delicious batch of Callicarpa 'Profusion' - dripping with those peculiar purple berries - and loads of Viburnum tinus 'Eve Price' - stuffed with flower buds for a few weeks time - yes, there is a lot to see - why not come and have a look for yourself - if you are looking for instant evergreen screening we can help!!!
UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD
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