Foxhollow in the Fall

Good blog Bluespruce. Now you've got me thinking where I could fit in a dwarf liquidambar - lol

Geat blog - interesting info and I love this garden - I'm wondering if you're open for visitors? ;)

You have a lovely garden, also i loved your blog.

Lovely, lovely, lovely. Please post some more - I enjoyed this so much - and as a blog, it all flows so that I feel as if I am walking round your garden. Thanks.

Andrew - I'm sure you're find the room for a dwarf one - by the way, how's the Ginkgo doing ?
Lyntit - garden open on the weekend 5th and 6th September 2009, see 'Gardens to visit' for a bit more detail, thanks.

Barbara - just added a couple more photos.

Very interesting. I enjoyed the read and the photos.

Lovely photos! Wonderful Autumn colours! Fantastic layout of plants! Beautiful!

Thank you for adding the photos to your original blog - I came back for another amble after it got too dark to rake up any more leaves, and found the Miscanthus! What a beauty, Bluespruce.
Unfortunately, it just reminded me of a dreadful mistake I made earlier this year. I planted one of these, in an east-facing border, and it didn't like it one bit - too much shade. Ah well, we all learn by our mistakes, don't we.

Enjoyed this Bluespruce, you have a lovely garden. Think the colours are superb.

The gingko is doing fine thanks bluespruce. It's been sat outside all summer and has now gone into the cold frame for the winter. Next spring I will harden it off, pot it on and plant out around mid summer.
Not sure I have room for a liquidambar (dwarf or otherwise) at present. However I do have two daphnes that are about 7 or 8 years old now so there may be a space when these go to the compost heap in the sky

Andrew - Glad to here the Ginkgo is still ok. First year is always critical, as you probably know.

Absolutely beautiful! Is the Ginko pictured your WB find?

Barbarainca - Yes, I found the Ginkgo broom in an otherwise normal tree a few years ago.

Your garden has so much lovely Autumn colour, Blurespruce. Many thanks for sharing them here as a blog.

A beautiful garden the colour is amazing. I have a Ginkgo, about 4 yrs old, it has not turned yet, do you leave it go as a tree or can you prune it down to keep it more as a shrub as yours seems to be? if so when? I see you have bark all in amongst the shrubs and trees, how often do you have to replace it?

Telme8 - This particular Ginkgo will not grow like a normal tree because it originated as a witches' broom, it should always stay compact and shrub like and not need pruning.
The composted wood chip mulch gets replaced about every year or so.

Lovely blog, Bluespruce! I'm interested that the Liquidamber and Ginkgo originated as witches brooms - I wasn't aware that a cutting taken from a witches broom would even survive, let alone produce a plant which is not like the parent, but instead keeps the form of the witches broom. I wonder if there is a permanent genetic mutation in witches brooms then? Facinating stuff whatever...

sid - The genetic mutation within many brooms is stable but not all. The propagation method is usually by grafting especially with conifers, using seedling understock from a compatible species.

Bluespruce. That is a super blog. and shown me trees I would never otherwise have seen.. I once knew an old plantsman called Bill Archer, who used to shoot down Witches Brooms from the tree, and also grew Witches Broom from an existing one. mostly Picea abies (Christmas Trees)

Poaannua - Thanks for your comments, and yes Bill Archer is a bit of a legend when it came to broom hunting, do you by any chance know Mike Murphy ?

What beautiful colors! I especially like the first two pictures, and the blue fir, but they're all lovely.

Thanks, Bluespruce - interesting to know that :-)

Spectacular fall colours there Blue....just read the Bill Archer comment, very interesting. We grew a Liquidambar, not the dwarf in Spain....a stunning tree all year...:o)