After flowering, shorten any shoots that spoil the shape. The most common is G elliptica, whose catkins are silvery green and later turn pale yellow. For longer tassels go for James Roof. Thus, my Garrya elliptica 'James Roof' - genus Garrya, elliptica after the shape of its leaf, cultivar named after a Californian - is this week shaping up nicely for its winter display of silken tassels. ELSEWHERE THIS WEEK Leaves are still falling in many Garrya elliptica, the ‘Silk Tassel Bush’ a native of The males bear the largest with the celebrated variety ‘James Roof’ taking credit for the longest of all, measuring in at an impressive 20cm. As free standing specimens they are good, but Learn which varieties are native to your area and plant those. -- Silktassel bush (Garrya elliptica 'James Roof') is at its best in winter, when long catkins dangle like white tassels from its dark, leathery green leaves. Eventually it grows to about 10 feet. But a plant doesn't really need flowers to look good in the winter garden. Garrya elliptica "James Roof" is an evergreen shrub whose long catkins steal the show in January and February. Ornamental grasses such as miscanthus are a good choice if you want to such as Magnolia grandiflora and Garrya elliptica `James Roof', which can be begged as cuttings from a friend. Most of these cuttings benefit from being taken "with a heel", that is, pulled away from the main stem with a bit of that stem still attached. .
That Californian native Garrya elliptica is not especially colourful but the long catkins produced, particularly by the male variety "James Roof", against the dark evergreen leaves makes this one especially popular with flower arrangers. It is also another BEST OF THE BUNCH - Garrya (Silk tassel bush The most common is G. elliptica, whose catkins are silvery green and later turn pale yellow. For longer tassels go for ‘James Roof’, whose catkins grow to 14in long. GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT - Chitting Silktassel thrives on the edge of an irrigated area where it transitions to lower-water landscaping. Common cultivars “Evie” and “James Roof” produce longer and showier flower tassels than the native species. Silktassel is useful as a background or The common name of silk-tassel bush perfectly describes this evergreen with its silky silver-grey male catkins up to 20cm (8in) long hanging down from the branches in dense clusters. Best grown against a sheltered wall (like the rest of us it does not like .
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