Georama Growers Plant of the Week
Pearl Bush – Georamas Plant of the Week
Common Name: Snow Mountain Pearl Bush Botanical Name: Exochorda x racemosa Although Pearl Bush has been seen in Garden Centres for a while, it has not been utilized nearly as much as other early spring blooming shrubs such as forsythia, azalea, spirea and even deutzia. Probably because early varieties of Exochorda can grow to be […]
Smoke Bush – Georama Plant of the Week
Common Name: Smoke Bush Botanical Name: Cotinus coggygria Known for its large ‘clouds’ of fluffy, smoke- like puffs of blooms, (actually billowy ‘hairs’ attached to the elongated spent flowers) the Smoke Bush is an upright, multi-stemmed deciduous shrub native from Southern Europe to China. Most familiar to us is the ‘Royal Purple’ Smoke Bush with […]
Witch Hazel – Georama Growers Plant of the Week
Common Name: Witch Hazel Botanical Name: Hamamelis intermedia This week’s subject is a rather interesting large shrub that blooms in late winter or very early spring. In our nursery they often bloom in mid February! Depending on the variety, they bloom with unique yellow, gold, orange or red flowers. As fall approaches, the dark green […]
Clematis – Georama Growers Plant of the Week
Common Name: Clematis sp. Botanical Name: Clematis The word clematis comes from ancient Greece and translated means ‘climbing plant’ – a pretty obvious choice to say the least. There are now over 250 known species and cultivars of this most astounding vine. Such a large variety enable the gardener to have masses of blooms from […]
Eskimo Sunset Maple – Georama Plant of the Week
Common Name: Eskimo Sunset Maple Botanical Name: Acer pseudoplatanus ‘Esk Sunset’ The Latin word for this group of maples –pseudoplatanus, translates as False Plane Tree, I guess since the leaves resemble those of the common Plane Tree (who is in charge of this stuff?) The common name actually comes from the Esk Valley in New […]