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Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweet Gum)

Thousands of golden and red autumn leaves that have dropped onto the ground

November fireworks are what you get with a Sweet Gum tree.

Filed Under: Plant of the month Autumn November

Ginkgo biloba (Maidenhair tree)

Close up of Ginkgo Biloba’s golden leaves against a clea bkue sky

Ginkgo have distinctive, fan-shaped leaves and are known to have grown at least 200 million years ago.

Filed Under: Plant of the month Autumn November

Crataegus monogyna (Hawthorn)

Close up of clusters of bright red hawthorn berries against a clear blue autumn sky

This autumn has seen plenty of berries (haws) on our native hawthorn.

Filed Under: Plant of the month Autumn November

Luma apiculata (Chilean Myrtle)

The bough of Chilean myrtle

Luma apiculata is a striking evergreen shrub with pretty white flowers in late summer and amazing bark on mature specimens.

Filed Under: Plant of the month November Winter

Miscanthus nepalensis

Miscanthus nepalensis, an elegant horsetail shaped grass

An unusual, elegant grass that caught my eye at Great Dixter about five years ago.

Filed Under: Plant of the month Autumn November

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August
A bumble bee settles on a lilac blue Agastache

Agastache ‘Black Adder’

his giant hyssop has fluffy, lilac blue flower spikes on straight stems that grow to about 90cm high.

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