The Blog is Moving!

In an effort to save a bit of precious time we are going to discontinue this version of out blog. We do plan to continue (well start again actually) with our new simpler Photo Blog here.
Thanks
Guy.

Mellow Yellow

New grafts of Quercus robur 'Concordia' waking up.

Finally going to a Good Home!

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 :)

Not your average "Conker"

Aesculus x neglecta ‘Erythroblastos' looking good in the garden today!

An ageing Corallinum!

The Acer palmatum 'Corallinum'  that I grafted 30 years ago!

Esk Sunset waking up!

New grafts of Acer pseudoplatanus 'Esk Sunset' waking up at Plantmad today.

Cuttings are waking up!

Our Spring continues to run about 3 weeks behind last year but our cuttings are finally beginning to wake up!

Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Moonlight'

Hydrangea anomala petiolaris 'Early Light'

Grafting 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 :)

Grafting Wisteria floribunda 'Honbeni'

A Japanese Cornel......

Cornus officinalis 'Kintoki'

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!

Acer sikkimense

Acer sikkimense

This Dan Hinkley collection of Acer sikkimense 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!

Clethra fargesii

We picked Clethra fargesii 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.

Moonlight

To shamelessly use the BBC Radio 4 "Desert Island Disks Theme" This is one of my Desert Island plants Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Moonlight'. If I could only have 10 plants this would be one of them! We have a good crop of liners (at the moment)!

The first colours of Autumn

Vitis vinifera 'Purpurea', bring the first colours of Autumn to Plantmad.

The 'Goshiki' Hedge!

Juan giving our Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Goshiki' Hedge it's biennial trim in the Plantmad Garden. 

We 're going for the biggest 'Goshiki hedge in America!!

Azara microphylla 'Variegata'

Azara microphylla 'Variegata'

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!

Fall Shipping

Pulling orders for Fall Shipping today at Plantmad!

Heading out the door.

Fall is just around the corner and some of our plants are heading out the door as some local nurseries are gearing up for Fall Planting.

Wisteria galore

Another grand crop of grafted Wisteria liners are ready for Fall 2016 & Spring 2017 Sales. 

Time 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 :)...

Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Steroidal Giant'

Tiny Cuttings!

Today we also made cutting of this curious little plant, 

Euonymus japonicus 'Dr. Rokujo Variegated'