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!

Why one should never be too hasty!

I'ts been quite a while since I posted anything to the Plantmad Blog / Facebook Page! After a very busy Spring I was a bit burned out by it all but now the Spring madness is past & I'm returning to my former self!

Why one should never be too hasty to throw away seed, especially if it wild collected. These Chilean Plum Yews (Prumnopitys andina) were wild collected in Chile 2011 & sown in 2012 but didn't germinate until 2014!

Lookin' good in Pink!

Wisteria floribunda 'Honbeni'

Our Wisteria floribunda 'Honbeni' is looking good in the garden at the moment. There seem to be several pink clones out there in the trade & they all appear to be mixed up! We are pretty confident that this is the correct form with good pink color.