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'Red Robin' produces brilliant red new growth and makes a fantastic hedging plant |
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Red Robin - Photinia x fraseri
Photinia is a family of Asian and North American shrubs, which includes a group of evergreen hybrids grown specifically for their colourful young foliage. 'Red Robin' is a hybrid whose parents are native to Japan, producing brilliant red new growth. As the new growth matures it passes through shades of reddish-copper, eventually maturing to a rich glossy, dark green. Small creamy-white flowers appear in large, flat-domed clusters, in mid and late spring. They contrast nicely with the new bronzy-red young leaves - as the flowers open, the leaves turn green. Sometimes the flowers are followed by red fruit.
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The shuttlecock flower makes an ideal screening plant for unsightly areas of the garden |
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Shuttlecock Flower - Calliandra selloi syn. brevipes
This showy evergreen plant is native to Brazil and is widely planted in warmly temperate and subtropical gardens around the world. Although it is a tropical plant it is remarkably hardy to frost, if it is planted in a protected position in the garden and is covered until established.
The unusual showy masses of soft pink and white flowers can appear sporadically throughout summer and autumn, and the soft fern-like foliage is also most attractive.
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Orange jasmine has non-invasive roots and is suitable for formal, semi-formal or informal hedges and topiary |
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Orange Jasmine - Murraya exotica
This handsome evergreen is a close relative of the citrus family, with about 43 species, ranging from tropical Asia to Australia. Murraya exotica is a tropical plant, that can develop into a large multi-stemmed shrub or small tree; and under optimal conditions it can reach 7m tall. It is grown for its gorgeous glossy leaves that emit a citrusy aroma when crushed; and its clusters of sweetly scented white flowers, that smell like orange blossoms, hence the common name.
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What to do and what not to do in your garden, in September |
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Jasmine
Yesterday, today and tomorrow
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All Regions
It is officially springtime and gardens are filled with the fragrance of
jasmine and yesterday, today and tomorrow, the fruit trees are
blossoming and spring flowering bulbs are looking their best.
September is a most exciting month in the garden and there is a lot to
be done. The weather can still be quite unpredictable with late frosts
in cold regions, so exercise caution before sowing planting pruning or
scarifying your lawn. If you scarify and feed your lawn too early and
the shoots are killed off by late frosts, you would have wasted your
money on all that fertiliser.
Unfortunately as the weather warms up the weeds also start growing
vigorously again, so be sure to weed them out before they set seed.
Insect pests also increase, so keep a vigilant eye out for them and
spray immediately they are noticed with an organic spray.
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Dianthus 'Cherry Picotee'
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Dianthus provides one of the most spectacular year round colour displays in your garden. In their traditional colours of pink, purple, red, white, even bi-coloured, these beautiful little flowers are as striking as they are generous.
These compact bedding plants are grown for the classical beauty of their
flowers as well as for the magnificent show they offer when planted en
masse. With their fragrant blooms they are a must-have in the summer
garden.
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