…the new growth is similar though. Nasty spines remain on the stem of what now must be called a tree. Aralia vietnamensis Aralia vietnamensis Aralia vietnamensis Aralia vietnamensis Aralia vietnamensis…

…in stock which are proving rather popular although will probably not flower in pots. Aralia cachemirica and Aralia cordata. Aralia cordata Aralia cachemirica Lagerstroemia indica ‘Fuchsia d’Ete’ has yet to…

…palmatum ‘Kamagata’ Acer palmatum ‘Okagami’ and Acer shirasawanum ‘Jordan’ Acer palmatum ‘Okagami’ and Acer shirasawanum ‘Jordan’ A nice leaf combination too with Aralia elata ‘Aureovariegata’ and Aralia elata ‘Variegata’. Aralia…

…clematis growing through a camellia is and who put it there? Old man’s beard I fear. clematis Aralia foliosa putting on massive growth – horrid prickles! Aralia foliosa Aralia foliosa…

…growth. Nyssa leptophylla Aralia foliosa with first new growth. Horrid prickles! Aralia foliosa Aralia foliosa Aralia foliosa 2018 – CHW Seed heads already turning reddish on some sycamores on the…

…tender for us but I may be wrong. From a distance I had assumed another odd shefflera species but I was well wrong. Aralia vietnamensis Aralia vietnamensis Aralia vietnamensis Kalopanax…

…in 2019. It is now around 25 feet tall and still growing strongly after the recent rain. Aralia foliosa Aralia foliosa Aralia foliosa As yet unripe seed on Meliosma tenuis….

…which I do not recollect seeing before. Aralia chinensis Aralia chinensis Aralia chinensis 2019 – CHW The BBC say the country is bathed in sunshine! Caerhays has had an all-day…

…left on the tree. Aralia vietnamensis Aralia vietnamensis Aralia vietnamensis 2016 – CHW Off to Burncoose to view the excellent new 2017 Burncoose Nurseries catalogue which is hitting 30,000 doormats…

…but the flowers may still come out? The stems are extremely prickly as you can see. Several huge leaf stalks blown off. Aralia vietnamensis Aralia vietnamensis Peumus boldus is now…

…correct! Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ seedling Yellow berries in profusion on several lophomyrtus below Tin Garden. lophomyrtus lophomyrtus Recent frost damage on the leaves of Aralia vietnamensis. It should recover. Aralia vietnamensis…

…Aralia chinensis featured here fills a website missing picture slot. Aralia chinensis Aralia chinensis 2015 – CHW I still have rather mixed views on the current fad for growing tetrapanax,…

…for the 2018 catalogue. Illicium oligandrum Illicium oligandrum Aralia elata in full flower. Aralia elata Aralia elata Zenobia with ripening seeds. Zenobia Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ – in flower. An attractive…

…the ravages of The Beast killed back the main 12-15ft tall stem. Aralia vietnamensis Aralia vietnamensis First flowers out on our oldest Schima khasiana (or so we think) which I…

…prickly stem and prickles on its leaves as well. Aralia foliosa Aralia foliosa 2018 – CHW Burncoose visit today for a bit of late planting and sorting out the rules…

…autumn Mahonia oiwakensis is now 15 feet tall with 3 upright stems. Only one flower easily photographed. A Taiwanese species. Mahonia oiwakensis The yet to open terminal flowers on Aralia…

…Enormous prickles on the stem of Aralia foliosa. Aralia foliosa 2019 – CHW A general post Christmas holidays tidy up of fallen branches from various storms on the main path…

…Billiard Room sasanquas outside the Billiard Room Nearest the side door sasanquas nearest the side door 2018 – CHW Aralia vietnamensis was cut to the ground by the Beast from…

…chinensis The first ever flower clusters forming on Aralia vietnamensis at about 15ft on the ends of the tallest shoos. Planted in 2014 and cut to the ground in March…

…before dropping. Styrax japonicus A 6 foot long fallen leaf from Aralia foliosa. Several of these after the recent winds. Aralia foliosa This is the aptly named Dog Vomit Slime…