'Forsythia intermedia'

(AKA 'Forsythia - Lynwood Gold'  or 'Golden Bells)
Deciduous | Height: 2m | Width: 2m |  

POINTS OF INTEREST:
{Foliage: Green} {Autumn: Foliage} {Winter/Spring: Flowers}

{I like this plant because of its late winter display of bright yellow flowers when the rest of the plant is bare...}

{Established}

{Young}

{Winter/Sping Flowers}

{Summer Foliage}

{Autumn Foliage}

{Winter}

APPLICATIONS:

{It is nice to see these in group plantings with other colourful shrubs or featured in a woodland garden.} 

{An amazing hedge featuring 'Butterfly bush', 'Forsythia', Spirea? or Deutzia? , ??? and 'Azalea'}

{I would like to plant this nearby to a red flowering quince as they flower at similar times and would be a nice burst of colour at the end of winter...}

{Forsythia & Red Flowering Quince}

Image sources:

• http://luirig.altervista.org/photos/f/forsythia_x_intermedia.htm
• http://mrssplapthing.blogspot.com/2011_04_01_archive.html
• http://summerjoy-livingthejoyforshore.blogspot.com/2011/03/if-its-yellow.html 
• http://www.isu.edu/pics/treewalk/forsythia1.gif
• http://nancynall.com/2009/11/
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forsythia_autumn_color,_herfstkleur.jpg
• http://www.whmsoft.net/services/related_search.php?keyword=Forsythia+Flowering+Quince&language=english
• http://cottonpig.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/daily-garden-inspiration/

'Callicarpa bodinieri'

(AKA 'Bodinier's Beautyberry' Variety: 'Giraldii' 'Profusion')
Deciduous | Height: 3m | Width: 2.5m |  

POINTS OF INTEREST:
{Foliage: Green} {Summer: Flowers} {Autumn/Winter: Berries} 

{I like this plant because of its amazing purple berries which last most of the winter...}

{Established row}

{Young}

{Foliage & berries}

{Summer flowers}

{Autumn foliage}

{Winter berries}

APPLICATIONS:

{In a Japanese garden}

{I like that this plant sits well in a Japanese style garden...}

{In a group planting}

{Apparently these produce more berries if there is more than one so they could work well in group plantings...}

Image sources:

•  http://www.growsonyou.com/rbtkew/blog/6567-mist-and-berries-at-kew
• http://www.stakehillnurseries.co.uk/shrubs/155-callicarpa-bodinieri-profusion.html 
• http://www.gardenersworld.com/plant-detail/PL00000954/130/beauty-berry
• http://www.gardensandplants.com/uk/plant.aspx?plant_id=616
• http://eol.org/data_objects/5825338
• http://www.groen.net/botanica.asp?id=1196
• http://www.growsonyou.com/rbtkew/blog/7216-an-old-gingko-at-kew
• http://www.mymodremod.com/?tag=plants&paged=2

'Cotinus Coggygria'

(AKA 'Purple Smoke Bush' [Variety: Royal Purple] 'Venetian sumac')
Deciduous | Height: 2m | Width: 2m |  

POINTS OF INTEREST:

{Foliage: Purple} {Summer: Flowers/Seed Pods} {Autumn: Foliage} 

{I like this plant because of its purple foliage and interesting flowers/seed pods...}

{Established with seed pods}

{Young}

{Foliage & Summer Flowers/Seed Pods}

{Autumn Foliage}

 APPLICATIONS:

{I like how this plant looks when placed as a backdrop behind other plants...}

{Makes a great backdrop}

Image sources:

•  http://www.lantana.sk/sk/eshop/K13-listnate-kry/P189-skumpa-vlasata
• http://www.graybarn.com/Top10_Pages/royal_purple_smoke_tree.html
•  http://www.gardenworldimages.com/Details.aspx?ID=34854&TypeID=1&searchtype=&contributor=0&licenses=1,2&sort=REL&cdonly=False&mronly=False
• http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/120201-cotinus-coggygria-royal-purple-smokebush 
• http://www.pepiniere-fleurs-terre.com/catalogue/pepiniere/cotinus-coggygria-royal-purple/

'Fraxinus Griffithii'

(AKA 'Evergreen Ash' or 'Flowering Ash')
Evergreen | Height: 4-7m | Width: 3-4m | 
POINTS OF INTEREST:
{Foliage: Green} {Summer: Flowers}

{I like this tree because it is evergreen and can make a nice screening tree as it grows tall but not too wide. It also has small leaves and an oriental style that will go well with 'cedrela sinensis'...}

{Established}

{Young}

{Foliage}

{Summer Flowers}

APPLICATIONS:

 {I would like to use a couple of these trees as a screen along the fence beside our house grouped with 'cedrela sinensis' and  'nandina domestica'...}

{Can be used as a street tree or screening tree}

Image sources:

•  http://www.takamiya.com/garden/plant/toneriko.html
• http://global.rakuten.com/en/store/greengreen/item/00058/
• http://www.plants4perth.com.au/product/1135
• http://ptech.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2008/07/fraxinus_griffi_af27.html
• http://www.cgd.jp/mt/blog/2008/09/post_60.html