Plants mentioned in Brian’s VHS slide show, 7 April 2009
Winter wounded:
Phormium (NZ Flax), Bay Laurel, large leaf Hebes, Solanum ‘Glasnevin’, Azara serrata, Pyracantha (micro-climate dependant), Nandina, Snow Gum, Escallonia ‘Newport Dwarf’
Shrubs that survived largely unscathed:
Choisya, Skimmia, Viburnum tinus ‘Spring Bouquet’ and V. davidii, Fatsia, Eleagnus, Lonicera nitida (Box honeysuckle), the Hollies, Boxwood, Mahonia ‘Charity’, Pieris, Prostranthera cuneata (Alpine Mint Bush), Grevillea ‘Victoria’, small leaf forms of Hebe, Lonicera henryi
Trees for smaller gardens:
Clerodendrum var. fargesii
Cotinus (Smoke Tree)
Amelenchier ‘Autumn Brilliance’
Betula nigra ‘Fox Valley’ (Dwarf River Birch)
Koelreutaria paniculata
Sorbus villmorinii
Parrotia persica and Parrotia ‘Persian Spire’
Stewartia pseudocamellia
Davidia ‘Sanoma’
Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ and ‘Louisa’ (Weeping Crabapple)
Styrax ‘Emerald Pagoda’
Euchryphia x intermedia
Nyssa sylvatica
Pyrus salicifolia ‘Pendula’
Japanese Maples: ‘Bloodgood’, ‘Fireglow’, ‘Osakazuki’, ‘Katsura’, ‘Scolopendrifolium’
Magnolias: ‘Appollo’ 15 to 20 ft H&W
Sieboldii 8 to 12 ft. H&W
‘Leonard Messel’ 15 to 20 ft H&W
‘Merrill’ 15 to 20 ft H&W
‘Vulcan’ 20 to 25 ft H&W
‘Susan’ 6 to 8 ft H&W
‘Yellow Bird’ to 40 ft high
‘David Clulow’ 15-25 ft H&W
Dogwoods:
Cornus nutallii (Pacific Dogwood, native)
Cornus kousa ‘China Girl’
Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’
Rutgers University hybrids, ‘Ruth Ellen’ and ‘Aurora’
Winter wounded:
Phormium (NZ Flax), Bay Laurel, large leaf Hebes, Solanum ‘Glasnevin’, Azara serrata, Pyracantha (micro-climate dependant), Nandina, Snow Gum, Escallonia ‘Newport Dwarf’
Shrubs that survived largely unscathed:
Choisya, Skimmia, Viburnum tinus ‘Spring Bouquet’ and V. davidii, Fatsia, Eleagnus, Lonicera nitida (Box honeysuckle), the Hollies, Boxwood, Mahonia ‘Charity’, Pieris, Prostranthera cuneata (Alpine Mint Bush), Grevillea ‘Victoria’, small leaf forms of Hebe, Lonicera henryi
Trees for smaller gardens:
Clerodendrum var. fargesii
Cotinus (Smoke Tree)
Amelenchier ‘Autumn Brilliance’
Betula nigra ‘Fox Valley’ (Dwarf River Birch)
Koelreutaria paniculata
Sorbus villmorinii
Parrotia persica and Parrotia ‘Persian Spire’
Stewartia pseudocamellia
Davidia ‘Sanoma’
Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ and ‘Louisa’ (Weeping Crabapple)
Styrax ‘Emerald Pagoda’
Euchryphia x intermedia
Nyssa sylvatica
Pyrus salicifolia ‘Pendula’
Japanese Maples: ‘Bloodgood’, ‘Fireglow’, ‘Osakazuki’, ‘Katsura’, ‘Scolopendrifolium’
Magnolias: ‘Appollo’ 15 to 20 ft H&W
Sieboldii 8 to 12 ft. H&W
‘Leonard Messel’ 15 to 20 ft H&W
‘Merrill’ 15 to 20 ft H&W
‘Vulcan’ 20 to 25 ft H&W
‘Susan’ 6 to 8 ft H&W
‘Yellow Bird’ to 40 ft high
‘David Clulow’ 15-25 ft H&W
Dogwoods:
Cornus nutallii (Pacific Dogwood, native)
Cornus kousa ‘China Girl’
Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’
Rutgers University hybrids, ‘Ruth Ellen’ and ‘Aurora’