X Gordlinia grandiflora

Some of our first crop of the relatively new & exciting x Gordlinia grandiflora, this bi Generic hybrid is the fine work of Tom Ranney of North Carolina State University. It's a hybrid of Franklinia alatamaha and Gordonia lasianthus. Looking good on these dark days of January! For more information on the origins of this plant you can check out this link.

x Gordlinia grandiflora

Some Winter Orders

Always nice to pull a few Winter orders for early Shipment, it's a sign that Spring is on the way :^)..

Far Reaches Farm

Last Friday I finally got around to making my first long overdue visit to see Sue Milliken & Kelly Dodson at Far Reaches Farm. Far Reaches boasts an incredible array of rare & unusual plants many of them originally from wild collected seed with provenance. The place is a plant lovers paradise! Here are a few of the weird & wonderful plants that caught my eye.

Alniphyllum sp.

Diplopanax stachyanthus

Schefflera macrophylla

A game of conkers anyone :^)

Last Friday I had the opportunity to head North to visit Dan Hinkley at his Windcliff Garden & then on to visit Kelly & Sue at Far Reaches Farm. Great plants & great hospitality at both places! At Dan's I got to see my first ever germinating seedling of Aesculus wangii, what a monster!

A germinating seed of Aesculus wangii.

Cleaning up the cutting house.

First Blog Post in a long time, It's been a busy Summer! We spent some time cleaning up the cutting house today after the latest cold spell.

Our Pewter Stewartia

This is one of two forms of Pewter Stewartia pseudocamellia that we have been working with for a few years.

Stewartia pseudocamellia - Plantmad Pewter Form #1

We're Back!!

Every year by the end of May after a busy Spring Season I'm often a bit burned out with Nursery Work & Plants in general! The work doesn't go away but the desire to keep up with the Nursery Blog & Facebook Page is something I can let slip. This year that slip turned into a full on slide! But now all our plants are potted & our Summer cuttings are almost done & so I can start taking it easy again :)..

The Mist System is almost Full for the year!