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Our favourite October plants

/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f142198%2fSorbus+rosea.jpg&width=140&height=140&constrain=False Sorbus rosea


Ness has a national collection of Sorbus, planted throughout the gardens.

 

 


/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f142192%2fPP.jpg&width=140&height=140&constrain=False Parrotia persica (AGM)


This tree is a native of northern Iran and Azerbaijan along the Caspian Sea.

 

 


/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f142251%2fRudbeckia+fulgida.jpg&width=140&height=140&constrain=False Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm' (AGM)

 
Sullivant's Coneflower is a native of the eastern half of Illinois, USA.

 

 


/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f142168%2fAcer+saccharum.jpg&width=140&height=140&constrain=False Acer saccharum

Commonly known as the sugar maple for being the primary source of maple syrup.

 

 


/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f142210%2fViburnum+plicatum+%e2%80%98Mariesii%e2%80%99.png&width=140&height=140&constrain=False Viburnum plicatum 'Mariesii' (AGM)

 
A very popular ornamental plant, both in its native area (China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan) and elsewhere...

 

 


/ImageGen.ashx?image=%2fmedia%2f142180%2fCuphea+cyanea.jpg&width=140&height=140&constrain=False Cuphea cyanea

 
Commonly known as the cigar plant because of the shape of its flowers...