Garrya Elliptica ‘James Roof'
Silk Tassel ‘James Roof'
Late Winter 2024
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Late Winter 2024
15
- 1
Mid Winter 2022
30
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Mid Winter 2022
31
- 13
Early Winter 2022
38
- 7
Early Winter 2022
32
- 13
Late Autumn 2021
32
- 6
Late Summer 2021
20
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Late Summer 2021
23
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Early Summer 2021
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Late Winter 2021
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Late Summer 2020
33
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Late Winter 2020
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Garrya Elliptica ‘James Roof'
Late Winter 2024
18
Late Winter 2024
15

#silk-tassel-bush #garrya #garrya-elliptica-james-roof
Mid Winter 2022
30

Fading now 🤎 #silk-tassel-bush #garrya #garrya-elliptica-james-roof

I thought that was a cluster of moths at first!

@heatherdirtyhands now you’ve said it all I can see is tiny wings 😅🥰

Fascinating detail close up 😮

@jeatacake they’re amazing looking aren’t they! Well, they were before they blew away 😂

@gjones thank you so much Katy 😘😘 you did remember right ☺️❤️

Almost like a lot of little moths! Also belated happy birthday. I hope the rotten weather didn't spoil it🙏🎂 🥂🎈🍹🎆🍰🎊🍾

@jeatacake I’m watching Clarice as I read that so now it’ll be forever known as my Hannibal plant 🤭 thank you Jeff 😘 the bad weather gave me the perfect excuse to stay home and eat cake 😋 perfect birthday in my eyes 😂

Ha ha, I agree! 🧁🎂🍰

@jeatacake I thought you might, given your username 😉😋

Ha ha ha! Yes, it originates from my very first email address, inspired by yours truly stuffing his face with cake at the time! ☺️

@jeatacake 🤣 a pastime I’m far too familiar with 🤭
Mid Winter 2022
31

Loaded with pollen now 🐝 #silk-tassel-bush #garrya #garrya-elliptica-james-roof

Lovely silk tassels. All ready for the bees. Can’t wait for Spring. 😍

@hkyfvr keep hoping to see some on the few flowers I have but they’re still in hiding. Don’t blame them 🥶 at least spring is on the horizon 😁

Wow I’ve never heard of them. Awesome 🤩

They are waiting for the warmer weather. We got to 0 today. Rain and snow tomorrow. Will take quite a while for Spring to arrive here. ❄️☃️

@philstalder pretty boring looking thing until the tassels come out. But when they do! 😍😍😍

@hkyfvr what time of year does it start to warm up for you?

We get warm days to tease us in March and April but we can still get snow in April. May gets warmer. We cannot put annuals safely in the ground until after May24th without the risk of frost. Makes for a shorter summer than you have. 🤦♀️🤷♀️

@hkyfvr that’s so late 🙈 I had no idea your summer was so short 🤯 makes what you grow even more impressive!!!

That is kind of you to say. I will extend the season this year with my newly planted tulips, hyacinths and allium. Also got a few daffs. Yay. 👍😍

@hkyfvr bulbs are always something to look forward to 😁 even the cold shouldn’t stop them 😛

That’s cool. I like those kind of plants. 👍
Early Winter 2022
38

🌾 #silk-tassel-bush #garrya #garrya-elliptica-james-roof

They're almost glowing.

That’s lovely Kerry 💛

They are amazing Kerry. So unique and beautiful 👍😍

Oh that’s unusual Kerry 😯👌🏼

@novicegardenlover @mich @hkyfvr @gjones @wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom thank you all 😄 they don’t look very intricate from a distance but they really change when you look closely 😍😍😍

Very welcome 😍
Early Winter 2022
32

I’m in love with this plant! 🌾 think training it up a trellis has worked out well. Get to see every single tassel decorating it 😍 #silk-tassel-bush #garrya #garrya-elliptica-james-roof

It is lovely Kerry

It’s so pretty! 😍

How lovely is that 👍😃

It is wonderful that you can see them all climbing up the trellis. Awesome idea. There are so many beautiful tassels. 👍👍😍😍

That looks great 👍

Looks super 🌾🌾🌾👌🏼

Looks wonderful Kerry 💚

@DeborahBanks @mich @crabby58 @hkyfvr @gjones @hebelover @wagsmomthompsonbtinternetcom @richard.spicer.7906 thank you all so much 🙏🏻 didn’t pay much attention to this plant before the tassels appeared but they really make it special! 🌾

Looks good!! 💛 #trellis

Without the tassels it looks like Ivy, a small tree would look fab..👌🏼

@brightcolours thank you Katie ☺️ it’s a new favourite 😛
Late Autumn 2021
32

Incredible how long these tassels last 😍 #silk-tassel-bush #garrya #garrya-elliptica-james-roof

Wow. Those are still doing so well. Lovely to see. 👍😍

@hkyfvr thanks Diane 😀 they’re slowly opening up and getting longer too! Such an interesting plant 🤍

Always welcome Kerry. Definitely an interesting plant 👍😍

Great plant this, looks even better when mature, covered in those tassles!

@bobbyball thank you Bob 😊 it’s only a few years old so has a lot more maturing to do 😂 hopefully it’ll still look impressive with being trained up a trellis 💚
Late Summer 2021
20

Starting to fill up the trellis now 💚 #silk-tassel-bush #garrya #garrya-elliptica-james-roof

Looking great Kerry. Really spreading well. 💚😊

@hkyfvr thanks Diane 😛 wanted to show you after we talked about it the other day. Hard to take a photo because the gap between the plant and greenhouse isn’t very wide 🙈🤣

Always welcome Kerry. Thanks for taking the photo. Hope you didn’t injure yourself. Love the tassels hanging down. The foliage is fantastic too. 💚😊

@hkyfvr I can just about squeeze down there but can’t get the phone far enough away for a photo. Just occurred to me I can take it through the greenhouse window 🙈😳🤣

A 💡 lightbulb moment.💡👍🤣😂

@hkyfvr I don’t have many 🤣🤣🤣

I am a few lightbulbs short also. 🤣🤣

@hkyfvr we are in good company at least 😉😉😆
Late Summer 2021
23

The whole thing is covered in tassels now 🤩#silk-tassel-bush #garrya #garrya-elliptica-james-roof

Love the cute tassels and the foliage is lovely. You have the most unique plants I have ever seen. 👍👍😍😍

@hkyfvr thank you Diane 😀 I do sometimes look for things that are a little more obscure. This just fascinates me. Have trained it up a trellis and the tassels look great covering it. Should look amazing in a few years 🤞🏻🤞🏻

@gjones thank you Katy 😄 I’m not too sure what happens but it’s a slow process whatever it is 😂 I know they should get a lot longer but not sure that’ll happen this year 😜

Always welcome Kerry. I see the trellis behind it. You are adventurous with your gardening. Obscure things are fascinating for sure. Will be fun to see this grow and change. 👍😍😍

@hkyfvr I’ll try take a full photo. It’s beside the greenhouse so I get a decent view through winter 😛 a wall of evergreen should look decent when not much else is around 💚

Sounds good Kerry 👍😍
Early Summer 2021
36
Late Winter 2021
44
Late Summer 2020
33

Not sure how this will turn out but trying to train it up a trellis 🤔 #silk-tassel-bush #garrya #garrya-elliptica-james-roof

That should be interesting 🤔 Good luck, I hope it works 💚

Love this shrub ....looking good so far Kerry 👍🙂

Looks good 👍🏻

@pelly not sure it’ll work but was looking a mess so figure it’s worth a try 🤞🏻

@flof1952 thank you Pauline ☺️ it’s such a nice looking plant and seems like it could work being trained this way 🤔 time will tell 😅

@ublaszko thanks Urszula 😁 could make a decent evergreen fence covering 🧐
Late Winter 2020
29

Cataloging. #silk-tassel-bush #garrya #garrya-elliptica-james-roof
#silk-tassel-bush #garrya #garrya-elliptica-james-roof