Sunday, April 06, 2014

Synful Duo

Sunday, April 06, 2014   Mark and Gaz   17 comments

Always a delight these Synful duo, odd looking yet pretty woodland perennials every spring...

Syneleisis aconitifolia
Syneleisis aconitifolia
and
Syneleisis palmata
Syneleisis palmata
The former is more advanced in growth than the latter but the leaves of both will get bigger and bigger as the growing season progress. They thrive in a shady, moisture retentive soil and fully hardy in our location. 


Mark :-)

Posted in: exotic blog , exotic garden , exotic garden blog , sping , Syneleisis

17 comments :

  1. David Marsden7 April 2014 at 06:46

    Never even heard of them, Mark. They remind me of stag antler ferns. Dave

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    1. Mark and Gaz7 April 2014 at 10:17

      They're still on the obscure side David but it is gradually becoming more available in nurseries and can imagine they will become popular eventually :) Keep an eye on them in plant fairs!

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  2. Jane and Lance Hattatt7 April 2014 at 10:34

    Hello Mark and Gaz,

    As David, above, we have never come across these! An omission from 'Encyclopedia of Garden Plants and Flowers' which we wrote in the 1990s!!

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    1. Mark and Gaz7 April 2014 at 11:15

      Hi Lance, we have a copy of that book as well as Gardening Year, both of which you wrote and was perusing the former again only a week or so ago :)

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  3. Jane and Lance Hattatt7 April 2014 at 14:24

    How amazing!!

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  4. Lisa C. D.7 April 2014 at 14:28

    I like this plant soo much. I will love to see them when the leaves are full grown.

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  5. outlawgardener7 April 2014 at 15:53

    These are both grand plants, so beautiful that it should be synful indeed!

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    1. Mark and Gaz7 April 2014 at 17:28

      In tandem with tour Podophyllums they'll make for a fab display in your garden Peter!

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  6. ricki7 April 2014 at 17:46

    Seen here first! Bound to become popular...so beautiful.

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    1. Mark and Gaz7 April 2014 at 21:59

      It'll be at home in your Portland garden Ricki :)

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  7. Kris Peterson7 April 2014 at 18:46

    I remember seeing these on another blog site (Hayefield, I think) - they're impressive foliage plants. Sadly, they'd fry in my garden.

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    1. Mark and Gaz7 April 2014 at 22:00

      Ahh but look at all those nice plants you can grow that we can't Kris :)

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  8. danger garden8 April 2014 at 06:01

    Love them! And I wish the syneilesis I've purchased came with better labeling. They always seem to have a question mark after the name.

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    1. Mark and Gaz8 April 2014 at 10:18

      I thought of you when I wrote this post Loree as I remember you have aconitifolia. Ours labelled as such look very similar if not identical to yours so the labelling you have could be right or both of ours are wrong...

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  9. Janet/Plantaliscious9 April 2014 at 20:52

    Gorgeous - another Crug Farm find? Do they need acidic soil? I'll have a lovely area of moist soil to plant up once I am rid of the bindweed...

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    1. Mark and Gaz10 April 2014 at 09:48

      I think I got the first one from CGF and the other one at Beeches nursery, and have seen them for sale at plant fairs too so hopefully you'll get hold of one soon and easily too :) I don't think they are that fussy and would happily live in both acidic and alkaline soil.

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