Magnolias & Miscellaneous
This section of the garden started off with the bamboo fencing and bamboo plants and I also wanted to get a Magnolia 'Soulangeana as this was one of my Mum's favourite trees. Needless to say, a few Acers soon crept in, closely followed by the magnificent Ginkgo bioba 'Troll'. We contemplated putting some bamboo or reed fencing along the front of the garage to make that area almost a garden of its own. However, I visited Marple Garden Centre when they had a magnificent display of Clematis and I was soon tempted to purchase three – even though I didn't know where they were going to go! Needless to say, it meant another trip back to the garden centre to look at trellis fencing and we spotted some unusual iron trellis which we thought would be ideal. Mike then felt it was lacking a little colour to we added four Alpines plus a few other plants which we already had dotted around other parts of the garden.
At the time of doing the Magnolia and Clematis had finished flowering so we will have to wait until next year to get some decent photos.
Magnolia soulangeana
Bents Garden Centre
March 2012 – £29.99
Magnolia 'Susan'
Bents Garden Centre
March 2012 – £21.99
Ginkgo biloba 'Troll'
Bents Garden Centre
March 2012 - £89.99
An incredible contorted version of the maidenhair tree. A most interesting plant that is ideal for patio pot or a Japanese-style garden. Very slow growing.
Clematis
Mrs N. Thompson – masses of single magenta flowers with dark central stipes along bluish-purple edged petals and attractive red anthers.
The President – large, velvety textured blue-purple flowers. Dark green leaves which fall in Autumn.
Gillian Blades – large, white flowers. The sepals have a light blue tinge and crinkled edges. Foliage is mild green with twinning branches, which aid support, turns yellow before falling.
Lilium Orange Pixie'
All-in-One Garden Centre
2012
Compact Asiatic lily giving a burst of bright, clear orange, trumpet-shaped flowers, upwardly-facing.
Lilium 'Peach Pixie'
All-in-One Garden Centre
2012
Compact Asiatic lily giving a burst of bright, clear orange, trumpet-shaped flowers, upwardly-facing.
Lilium Red Pixie'
All-in-One Garden Centre
2012
Compact Asiatic lily giving a burst of bright, clear orange, trumpet-shaped flowers, upwardly-facing.
Oxalis 'Triangularis'
Dalmally Hotel, Highland Heritage
May 2012
Alpines
Lithodora 'Grace Ward'
Ashton Park Garden Centre
May 2012
Saxifraga 'Pearly King'
Ashton Park Garden Centre
May 2012
Scented Viola 'Martin'
Ashton Park Garden Centre
May 2012
Scented Viola 'Rebecca'
Ashton Park Garden Centre
May 2012
Unknown!
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