If you don’t know about Courson you really have not been concentrating; it has been featured many times in this blog and is far and away my favourite plant fair. Held twice a year at the chateau Domaine de Courson , south of Paris, the festival is recognised for its quality and authority and awards for stands or individual plants are coveted.
Although life got in the way of my annual pilgrimage to the festival, I was sent the press release and can therefore reveal the award winning plants at this autumn’s show:
Trees
x Gordlinia grandiflora
Quercus palustris ‘Pringreen’ (GREEN PILLAR®)
Acer capillipes ‘Antoine’
x Gordlinia grandiflora
Acer pentaphyllum
Shrubs
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Invincibelle’
Hedera helix ‘Silver Butterfly’
Conifers
Taxodium ascendens ‘Nutans’
Sequoia sempervirens ‘Henderson Blue’
Picea abies ‘Frohburg’
Herbacious plants
Stokesia laevis ‘Purple Parasols’
Saxifraga fortunei var. incisilobata ‘Momosekisui’
Ajuga reptans ‘Metallica Crispa’
Ajuga reptans ‘Metallica Crispa’
Boehmeria sylvatica
Mertensia maritima
Grasses
Molinia ‘Les Ponts de Cé’
Stipa calamagrostis
Eragrostis trichodes
Saccharum brevibarbe var. contortum (Syn. Saccharum contortum ; Erianthus
contortus)
Ferns
Selaginella uliginosa
There are many interesting plants in this list, deserving a place in our gardens. If you have experience of any of them perhaps you’ll let me know?
A Gardener in France 