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New grafts of <a href="https://guy.smugmug.com/Plantmad/Nursery/Plantmad-Blog-Pics/i-NJhKWdF" target="_blank">Quercus robur 'Concordia'</a> waking up.</div>
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My good buddy Ian stopped by after work today, he said that he had a good home for this Distylium racemosum that I've been torturing in this same pot for 15 years! I decided it was finally time to let it go to a better home :)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326849238198252383.post-85887658520200331542017-04-22T18:41:00.001-07:002017-04-22T18:41:13.066-07:00Not your average "Conker"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="https://guy.smugmug.com/Plantmad/Nursery/Plantmad-Blog-Pics/" target="_blank">Aesculus x neglecta ‘Erythroblastos' </a>looking good in the garden today!</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326849238198252383.post-2142645903763576552017-04-15T18:06:00.002-07:002017-04-15T18:06:12.708-07:00An ageing Corallinum!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The <a href="https://photos.smugmug.com/Plantmad/Nursery/Plantmad-Blog-Pics/i-KdTpXFR/0/M/DSC01052-M.jpg" target="_blank">Acer palmatum 'Corallinum' </a> that I grafted 30 years ago!</div>
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New grafts of <a href="https://guy.smugmug.com/Plantmad/Nursery/Plantmad-Blog-Pics/i-rk5bz4D" target="_blank">Acer pseudoplatanus 'Esk Sunset' </a>waking up at Plantmad today.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326849238198252383.post-60394888208658447892017-02-25T17:20:00.004-08:002017-02-25T17:20:59.286-08:00Grafting time again!Chiyoko said that I could be done for the day when I finished this pile of Honbeni scion wood. Took me about another 6 hours :)<br />
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In the Plantmad garden today this Japanese dogwood lives in the shadow of it's more well known European cousin Cornus mas but when it come to fruit display the cultivar 'Kintoki' outshines them all!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326849238198252383.post-26749507848775379182016-11-16T18:27:00.002-08:002016-11-16T18:27:42.429-08:00Acer sikkimense<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This Dan Hinkley collection of <a href="https://guy.smugmug.com/Plantmad/Nursery/Plantmad-Blog-Pics/i-HfF963P" target="_blank">Acer sikkimense</a> from Vietnam has wonderful wine red leathery foliage. It does fine in an unheated greenhouse but haven't been brave enough to plant one out in the garden yet!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326849238198252383.post-39384528335800680772016-11-16T18:20:00.000-08:002016-11-16T18:20:15.194-08:00Clethra fargesii<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We picked <a href="https://guy.smugmug.com/Plantmad/Nursery/Plantmad-Blog-Pics/i-sVP96ML" target="_blank">Clethra fargesii</a> up a few years ago simply because it was a Clethra that we did not have. It's leaf and growth habit is very similar to Clethra barbinervis However it outshines its cousin when it comes to Autumn Colours.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326849238198252383.post-86109010305005593952016-10-01T16:55:00.001-07:002016-10-01T16:55:02.905-07:00Moonlight<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To shamelessly use the BBC Radio 4 "Desert Island Disks Theme" This is one of my Desert Island plants <a href="http://guy.smugmug.com/Plantmad/Nursery/Plantmad-Blog-Pics/i-CvtsWGp" target="_blank">Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Moonlight'</a>. If I could only have 10 plants this would be one of them! We have a good crop of liners (at the moment)!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326849238198252383.post-57130208200415858642016-09-24T17:09:00.000-07:002016-09-24T17:09:02.139-07:00The first colours of Autumn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://guy.smugmug.com/Plantmad/Nursery/Plantmad-Blog-Pics/i-XfMmsQS" target="_blank">Vitis vinifera 'Purpurea'</a>, bring the first colours of Autumn to Plantmad.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326849238198252383.post-25073195713986591762016-09-24T17:02:00.002-07:002016-09-24T17:03:07.044-07:00The 'Goshiki' Hedge!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Juan giving our <a href="http://guy.smugmug.com/Plantmad/Nursery/Plantmad-Blog-Pics/" target="_blank">Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Goshiki'</a> Hedge it's biennial trim in the Plantmad Garden. </div>
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We 're going for the biggest 'Goshiki hedge in America!!</div>
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This plant has been absent from our availability list for a few years now but we finally have a good crop of liners again for 2016 / 2017!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326849238198252383.post-10030873709534442912016-09-18T16:07:00.001-07:002016-09-18T16:07:31.672-07:00Fall Shipping<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Pulling orders for <a href="http://guy.smugmug.com/Plantmad/Nursery/Plantmad-Blog-Pics/i-HLQWTJs" target="_blank">Fall Shipping </a>today at Plantmad!</div>
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Fall is just around the corner and <a href="https://guy.smugmug.com/Plantmad/Nursery/Plantmad-Blog-Pics/" target="_blank">some of our plants</a> are heading out the door as some local nurseries are gearing up for Fall Planting.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326849238198252383.post-48871430896863552632016-09-07T17:34:00.002-07:002016-09-07T17:34:32.899-07:00Wisteria galore<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another grand crop of grafted <a href="http://guy.smugmug.com/Plantmad/Nursery/Plantmad-Blog-Pics/i-84NSv5f" target="_blank">Wisteria liners</a> are ready for Fall 2016 & Spring 2017 Sales. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326849238198252383.post-63606866232125246052016-09-07T17:31:00.001-07:002016-09-07T17:31:21.457-07:00Time to get worried?I'm thinking it might be time to get a tad worried about my Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Steroidal Giant' in the Plantmad Garden, after a few quite years it's now beginning to expand geometrically :)...<br />
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Today we also made cutting of this curious little plant, </div>
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<a href="http://guy.smugmug.com/Plantmad/Nursery/Plantmad-Blog-Pics/i-FDVCQ55" target="_blank">Euonymus japonicus 'Dr. Rokujo Variegated'</a></div>
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It's been a few weeks since we posted anything so thought it was time to get back into the habit! Makeing some hydrangea cuttings today, this is the lovely <a href="http://guy.smugmug.com/Plantmad/Nursery/Plantmad-Blog-Pics/i-DPKPWVh" target="_blank">'Miyama Yae-murasaki'</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326849238198252383.post-2195538783888377472016-06-12T06:35:00.002-07:002016-06-12T06:35:27.976-07:00It's a jungle out there.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We call this the <a href="http://guy.smugmug.com/Plantmad/Nursery/Plantmad-Blog-Pics/i-JLB6Fw8" target="_blank">"no profit"</a> house :)</div>
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Two weeks after we finished potting last years cutting we begin <a href="http://guy.smugmug.com/Plantmad/Nursery/Plantmad-Blog-Pics/i-bVKdJVC" target="_blank">sticking this years</a>!</div>
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Down to the wire on our <a href="http://guy.smugmug.com/Plantmad/Nursery/Plantmad-Blog-Pics/" target="_blank">Spring 2016 potting</a>, our goal is to get it all done by the end of May. We should just about make it!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326849238198252383.post-44747746714723318942016-05-21T18:20:00.000-07:002016-05-21T18:21:51.611-07:00Yellow on a cloudy day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">Brightening up a cloudy & rainy day here at Plantmad. Graham Stewart Thomas a great Horticulturalist & Gardener and a great Honeysuckle that should be much more widely planted.I</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18.2px;">ntoxicating scent for both people & bees! </span></span></div>
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