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Vic
Joined: Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:40 pm Posts: 128 Location: Kent
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Mahonia confusa ‘Nari hira’
I'd like to get my hands on one of these, but i have no idea where to start. It looks like they are fairly new to cultivation and maybe just available in the US?
They look quite different from the standard mahonia you see around, very fine in appearance and almost a chamaedorea radicalis look about it.
Does anyone know if there are any UK suppliers?
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Mon Dec 07, 2009 9:37 pm |
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Kev Spence
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Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:59 pm Posts: 10902 Location: Loughborough, Leics, central UK
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Hi Vic,
Crug has not sure if thats the one you are after as does .
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Mon Dec 07, 2009 10:47 pm |
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Vic
Joined: Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:40 pm Posts: 128 Location: Kent
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Thanks for that Kev, not quite the same as what i have seen , obviously the 'Narihira' variation that gives the finer appearance.
http://www.pref.saitama.lg.jp/A06/BQ30/ ... me1086.htm
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Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:01 pm |
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Nick Macer
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:42 pm Posts: 1284 Location: Gloucestershire, UK
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The correct name for Mahonia confusa is now M. eurybracteata and there are forms of it in the wild with much narrower foliage than we have become used to. I was given a tiny plant of M. eurybracteata subsp. ganpinensis with very narrow foliage, but it didn't make it.
I stock good amounts of standard M. eurybracteata (still labelled as M. confusa) and the variation in foliage colour is notable - anything from yellow-green to pewter.
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Mon Dec 07, 2009 11:22 pm |
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Vic
Joined: Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:40 pm Posts: 128 Location: Kent
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Thanks Nick, I must pay you a visit next time i'm working over your way.
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Tue Dec 08, 2009 7:26 am |
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Steve in Brookings
Joined: Sat Dec 01, 2007 6:15 pm Posts: 855 Location: Brookings, OR, USA
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Wed Dec 09, 2009 11:30 pm |
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Nick Macer
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:42 pm Posts: 1284 Location: Gloucestershire, UK
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Thu Dec 10, 2009 5:27 pm |
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Vic
Joined: Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:40 pm Posts: 128 Location: Kent
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Thu Dec 10, 2009 6:09 pm |
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PeteFree
Joined: Fri May 16, 2008 2:25 pm Posts: 1139 Location: Suffolk, UK
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That form does look nice, and quite distinct, Vic.
I remember seeing a TV programme about Roy Lancaster's garden in Hampshire - which looks stunning. There were many choice plants, including a superb Cordyline indivisa - but I remember being particularly taken by an uncommon shrub growing against a wall Mahonia russellii - I'd rather like one of those...
Pete
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Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:38 pm |
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Nick Macer
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:42 pm Posts: 1284 Location: Gloucestershire, UK
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Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:14 pm |
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Peter Reid
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:16 pm Posts: 145 Location: Milford on Sea, UK south coast
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Nick, do you sell Mahonia russellii? A quick Google reveals it purports to flower twice (sometimes three times) a year, which is quite a selling point. Would you happen to know if the flowers are also scented?
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Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:04 am |
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Nick Macer
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Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:06 pm |
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Peter Reid
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:16 pm Posts: 145 Location: Milford on Sea, UK south coast
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Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:49 pm |
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PeteFree
Joined: Fri May 16, 2008 2:25 pm Posts: 1139 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Fri Dec 11, 2009 4:23 pm |
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Vic
Joined: Sun Jan 11, 2009 6:40 pm Posts: 128 Location: Kent
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