Ceratostigma Willmottianum

Ceratostigma is named for the horn-like excrescence on the stigma of the flower
Willmottianum after Miss Ellen Ann Willmott (1860-1934) who grew the new plants
arriving for the first time into cultivation

Shrub

Max height: 3ft

- Diamond-shaped, deciduous leaves which are hairy with marginal bristles.

- Leaves have a reddish tinge, which increases with autumn colour

- Comes from west China - west Sichuan, and Tibet

- Blue flowers last from July well into the autumn.

- Lobes are bright blue, tube is red and the white stigmas are protruding.

- Responds better to well drained soil and a sunny position

- Popular for its longevity of flowering; its relative ease of cultivation; and its lack of
pests and diseases.
Fagus sylvatica ‘Dawyck’
- Aka: Beech

(Golden example)

- Max height 70 to 80 ft

- Native to Europe (originates from a tree found in Scotland)

- Deciduous

- Grows tall and relatively straight (fastigiated i.e. A tall, narrow tree form with a
strong central leader and branch attachments at acute angles)

- Slow growth rate

- Good autumnal colouring

- Prefers well drained soil

Fagus sylvatica ‘Dawyck Purple’
Max height: 40 – 50 ft

- Deep purple leaves; slightly narrow, open form

Ulmus ‘Dodoens’
Aka: Elm

Max height: 80-100 ft

- Deciduous

- Considerable level of resistance against Dutch Elm Disease

- A very fast-growing tree with upright branches

- Leaves are dark-green, glabrescent, up to 10 cm in length (glabrescent = smooth,

without hairs)

- The fruit is a round samara (samara = a type of fruit in which a flattened wing of
fibrous, papery tissue develops from the ovary wall. a simple dry fruit without a seam)
In elm trees the seed is in the centre of the wing.

- The cultivar is named for the 16th century Flemish physician and botanist Rembert
Dodoens.
Acer platanoides ‘Crimson King’
- Comes from the sycamore family or aceraceae

- Native to Europe

- Deciduous

- Max height: 70 - 80 ft

- Rounded crown, densely branched

- Often wider than tall when open grown

- Leaves emerge bright crimson and deepen to maroon, which persists throughout the
growing season. This particular cultivar grows slower than the species.
Acer platanoides ‘Drummondii’
- Also from the sycamore family

- Max height: 70 – 80 ft

- Light green leaves with a prominent white edge.

- Frequently reverts and green sections must be removed or they will overgrow
variegated sections because of their greater vigour
Sorbus aucuparia ‘Cashmiriana’
Aka: Roan tree or Mountain ash

Max height: 25 – 35 ft

- Native to northern Europe and Asia

- Deciduous

- Produces white berries

- Berries of other varieties come in pink, red, yellow and orange

Sorbus aucuparia ‘Sheerwater Seedling’
- Red berried variety of previous plant
Ceratostigma griffithii

- Very similar to willmottianum but with less flowers and more foliage

- Grows to double the height of Willmottianum

Escallonia bifida
- Often used for hedge

- Max height: 20 ft

- Small white flowers

- Late bloomer

- Evergreen

- Requires well drained soil

- Originates from South America

Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’
Aka: ‘Smokebush’

- Native to southern Europe to central China

- Max height: 10 – 12 ft

- Large deciduous shrub

- Multistemmed or single stemmed

- Rounded to irregular shape

- Branching is upright and spreading

- The web like protrusions from the leaves catch dew or rainwater giving a smoke-
like effect

- The more exposed to sunshine , the more purple its leaves

Fascicularia bicolour
Max height: 40 cm

- Bromeliad

- Tropical plant originating in Chile

- Requires light, sandy well drained soil and plenty of sun

Magnolia grandiflora ‘Exmouth’
Max height: 60 – 70 feet
(Irelands cooler outdoor climate: 30 – 40 feet)

- Evergreen (unlike most other magnolias)

- Low branching and dense

- Coarse texture

- Moderate growth rate

- White fragrant flowers

- Reacts badly to cold wind

- Requires full sun to shade

Buddleja spp.
Aka: Butterfly bush

Max height: 8 - 9 feet

- Late bloomer

Many subspecies possess different coloured flowers. This particular one has yellow
flowers
Hypericum reptans ‘Rowallane’
- Yellow flower

- Related to St john’s Wort

- Requires semi shade

Passiflora caerula ‘Passion Flower’
- Climbing plant

- Evergreen

- Requires regular soil

- Produces orange fruit

- Flowers until onset of frosty weather

- Leaves are five-lobed or ‘palmate’