Copyright: Original post from Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments http://glallotments.blogspot.co.uk/ author S Garrett
7 months ago
Wednesday, February 11
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Is this in your own garden? No wonder you knew what it was when I recently posted a photo of one. I've never heard of it before but it's a beautiful shrub.
ReplyDeleteIt is, Jo, It;s ay its best at this time of year. It's evergreen but a bit nondescrip over spring and summer.
DeleteI have a Garrya in my front garden and due to the relatively kind weather the tassels are really long and tidy this year - just like yours. They make a real point of interest at a time of year when there's still not a lot else about.
ReplyDeleteOut of interest - have you ever tried cutting your Garrya back really severely ? Every year I cut off lumps here and there (where they stick over the path), but wondered how successfully a Garrya can be rejuvenated with really drastic pruning.
Our original plant grew up an arbour SandD and needed severely cutting back each year - mainly outward facing branches, To be honest it didn't look as good chopping away every year especially as I was trying ti keep it flat which didn't come naturally. If it has become too big I'm fairly sure that a severe cut back will allow it to regenerate. M
DeleteThey are beautiful. We cannot grow them but you see a lot of them on the West coast where they are native.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know they grew in the wild in your part if the world Alain - well nearly your part of the world.
DeleteIt looks beautiful, is that a recent photo? the sky looks a glorious colour in the background.
ReplyDeleteThe photos were taken on Monday, Jo. Strangely it seems that the tassels always have a blue sky period. The blue sky seems to be just waiting to show off the plant,
DeleteIs it supported by anything? I'd love one, just no idea where to put it!
ReplyDeleteThis one is a cutting, Jessica that I managed to get going from our original plant, I decided that I wanted to train it as a tree so it is on one stem - well it was I suppose it may have suckered behind the aucuba - I'll have to look. My aim was to have the tassels drip down from the top hence the tree idea, When planted the trunk needed a little help as it was a bit flimsy for the head and so I toed it with string to a fence pole just to stop it flopping forward. That was about ten years ago and now it supports itself. It never really worked for me trained against something I prefer the free standing version.
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DeleteThat's possibly be best specimen of this plant I've seen Sue - WOW!
ReplyDeleteThank you Angie,
DeleteIt's having its moment. Glorious.
ReplyDeleteIt is, CJ
DeleteGosh....what a stunner!!! Fantastic!xxx
ReplyDeleteIt is at the moment, Dina
DeleteI am so envious! I grew a Garrya Elliptica for many years especially for its tassels and nary a one did it produce even though I ordered the correct gender and gave it a choice position in a south facing border:(
ReplyDeleteI think ours is James Roof sweffling. The lack of tassels is strange as it must be its main selling point,
DeleteBeautiful tassels! I have never seen a plant like this here.
ReplyDeleteThey are Endah
DeleteNever seen this plant before! It's so awesome!
ReplyDeleteIts different Malar
DeleteInteresting - What type of cutting did you do Sue and when in the year (because Garryas are evergreens). I'm going to have a go at that.
ReplyDeleteIt's a long time ago SandD but I would have done this after cutting back new growth in summer so the cutting would have been semi ripe and just taken to see what happened really.
Delete'm so glad you posted these photos after our discussion about Garrya over at mine. It certainly is having its moment of glory. I like how you've planted it with other plants poised to take over the garden's interest once the tassels have gone.
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