Foliage now- October 2009

[ranunculus]

Beautiful, Paddy ... particularly like the Actinidia ...

[Ragged Robin]

Paddy, you've lit up my day!  What wonderful Autumn colour images from you walk, all gorgeous and so intense - Arbutus andrachne looks on fire 

[Brian Ellis]

Great images Paddy, I love Enkianthus in the autumn.  Cheers

[Paddy Tobin]

If ever you come to Ireland this is the garden you should not miss. It is in a very natural style, "Robinsonian" is the adjective normally applied, following the style advocated by William Robinson - use plants which grow with ease in your garden and allow them to naturalise, so the garden is very soft, gentle with an extraordinary range of trees.

Actually, I put a list into an e-mail I wrote to a friend in Maryland yesterday and will copy and paste it here for your interest. Also, one photograph which I particularly life from Saturday - must put a few into "places visited" section.

Paddy

List of trees at Mount Usher - not a complete list but the trees which are most easily observed and they are in the order in which one would encounter them on a walk as they were listed to go with a map of the garden.

Berberis valdiviana
Acer palmatum
Cornus capitata
Juniperus recurva
Pinu heldrichii
Acer palmatum atropurpureum
Pseudolarix amabilis
Corylus avellana 'Cortorta'
Dis antuuis cercidifolius
Nothofagus fusca - a magnificent example
Cornus kousa
Acer griseum
Magnolia kobus
Dicksonia  antartica
Dicksonia squarrosa
Pittosporum eugeniodies
Magnolia campbelli 'Charles Raffil'
Eucryphia moorei
Cunninghamia lanceolata
Sciadopitys verticillata
Liriodendron tulipifera
Embothrium coccineum
Michelia doltsopa
Eucalyptus pauciflora
Athrotaxis selaginoides
Davidia involucrata
Pinus montezumae - two brilliant specimens
Podocarpus salignus - a lovely tree
Eucryphia glutinosa
Liriodendron chinensis
Eucalyptus viminalis
Quercus suber
Cordalin indivisa
Eucalyptus urnigera
Cupressus lusitanica
Stewartia rostrata
Rhododendron loderi 'King George'
Aesculus indica 'Sydney Pearse'
Magnolia wilsonii
Nothogagus dombeyi
Picea breweriana
Nothofagus menziesii
Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 'Elegantissima'
Eucryphia x nymansensis 'Mount Usher'
Trachycarpus fortunei
Luma apiculata
Stewartis monadelpha
Cornus alternifolia 'Argentea'
Carya glabra
Arbutus andrachne
Buddleja pterocaulis
Dodonea viscosa purpurea
Quercus glauca
Quercus alnifolia - a most peculiar tree
Thuya plicata
Calocedrus decurrens
Betula utilis
Malus huphensis - couldn't figure this one out for ages, tiny red crabapples
Betula maximowicziana
Cornus controversa variegata
Drimys winteri
Phyllocladus trichomanoides
Crinodendron hookeriana
Acer palmatum 'Sango Kaku'
Rhododendron barbatum
Liquidamber styraciflue - not yet at its best yet but fabulous in a fortnight's time, I expect, overhanging the river
Magnolia x veitchii
Magnolia delavayii
Populus mazimowiczii
Fuschia excorticate
Cornus nutalii
Parrotia persica
Halesia carolina
Chamaecyparis lawsonia 'Hillieri'
Quercus castaneifolia
Cercidiphyllum magnificum
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Acer cappadocicum - a fabulous specimen
Hoheria glabrate 'Glory of Amlwch'
Pterocarya fraxinifolia
Pinus montezumae
Cornus 'Eddie's White Wonder'
Magnolia grandifolia 'Goliath'
Tetradium daniellii - great specimen, hopes for my young tree at home.
Eucryphis x intermedia 'Rostrevor'
Prunus padus 'Pandora'

[ranunculus]

That will look nice in Autumn, Paddy!   

[Paddy Tobin]

That will look nice in Autumn, Paddy!   

Just wait until the colour come in!

Paddy

[johnw]

Absolutely glorious, Paddy!

Would love to see the Nothofagus collection.

johnw

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Stunning pictures Paddy !! 
Awesome colours ! 

[Lesley Cox]

A wonderful colour palette of superb trees. Thanks for this glimpse of Mt Usher Paddy. It seems NZ Nothofagus do well there. I'd love to see the N. fusca. I have one about 2 metres high.

[Paddy Tobin]

Lesley,

Nothofagus obviously do very well here. You have seen the photograph of N. fusca, easy to photograph as it is on the bank of the river. There are outstanding specimens of N.menzeisii and N. dombeyi, the latter as big as a mature northern hemisphere beech. However, these are planted in a woodland setting and impossible to photograph well except to stand under them and point the camera upwards, not a great shot. Excellent, and very large, specimens of eucalyptus here also.

Mount Congreve, a garden very close to me has good specimens of nothofagus also but I'm not sure if there are any N. fusca.

Paddy

[Paul T]

Glorious, Paddy!! 

[Gwenblack]

Great test for the ageing brain..... am about to attempt to post promised Heuchera pics and it's like swimming in half set jelly     Hold the nose and jump!!!!! Starting with H Mahogany, then H Peach Flambe,

[Gwenblack]

Wow    I did it!     Here are more heucheras for your cookbook  H Marmalade,  H Frosted Sugar,H Southern Comfort, H Georgia Peach  in bloom now and H Blackberry Jam
Last one is H Frosted Violet with Peach Flambe in background      all photographed today

[Maggi Young]

These are undoubtedly making excellent container specimens, Gwen..... and  each one looking as good as its name would suggest. 

[Ragged Robin]

Wow    I did it!     Here are more heucheras for your cookbook  H Marmalade,  H Frosted Sugar,H Southern Comfort, H Georgia Peach  in bloom now and H Blackberry Jam
Last one is H Frosted Violet with Peach Flambe in background      all photographed today

Your photos are wonderful, Gwen, and show your heucheras off to perfection    So pleased you have posted them as I love their foliage too but have only grown the red leafed and bronze - now you have opened Pandora's Box i will be looking for others and had no idea there was such a range.  I used to grow them in a dappled shade tulip bed which worked well coming up after the tulips and hiding their dying leaves followed by suspended heuchera flowers - just such a fab plant