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Highly Recommended Shrubs

Discussion in 'The Muppet Show' started by HarryS, Apr 13, 2016.

  1. HarryS

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    I would highly recommend planting Choisya - Mexican Orange Blossom . I have just found a £10 note under mine ! Must have been where I lost that penny last autumn , never slept for a week :biggrin:
     
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      Osmanthus Burkwoodii For me, one of the best evergreen heavily scented Spring flowering shrubs that will make you breathe in deeply and sigh with a smile.:snorky:

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      And for a spectacular show and elegance, it's got to be the evergreen shrub Garrya James Roof.
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        You haven't got a money plant by any chance Harry. :snorky:
         
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          Agreed!
          Oh how I miss mine :cry3:

          Never found any money under it though :th scifD36:
           
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            Raise you a Viburnum carlcephalum for perfume, Armandii:wub2: I've got one planted near the septic tank:yes:
             
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              I would take up that bet, Noisette, and raise it with sitting in my Abour between my Osmanthus and my Choisya when they're both in flower!!!:snorky:..........a mixture of heavy, heavenly scents beyond description!!:love30::wub2::snork:
               
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                I've got Choisya ternata Sundance it really brightens up a corner of the garden all year round :blue thumb:
                 
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                  Don't you wish you could bottle the scent or save it onto a CD or something...
                   
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                    Well, I take deep breaths and try to bottle it in my mind:heehee:
                     
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                      I'd have to say a Fuchsia. What other shrub looks so beautiful and can offer you tasty fruit. And, not just one flush like Apples, Pears etc but all Summer and Autumn long :)
                       
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                        Well I know they're quite a common shrub (or tree) but I do love my Cotoneaster. It doesn't half earn it's keep. It has loads of flowers on it when in bloom and the bees are then all over it. Then it's full of berries and the leaves on it go a lovely reddish colour in autumn before they drop. It even grew well for me in a massive pot in a shady part of the garden at my last home. Now I've got a bigger garden and more space I'm going to transfer it into a border. :)
                         
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