…germinated well. Puya chilensis Puya chilensis Puya chilensis Colletia hystrix growing as large as I have ever seen it. Colletia hystrix Colletia hystrix Peumus boldus as a large evergreen tree…

…ferox Huge pea like seed pods on Phormium tenax. Phormium tenax Phormium tenax Colletia hystrix 12ftx10ft. Colletia hystrix Colletia hystrix Catalpa bignonoides full out rather earlier than usual. Catalpa bignonoides…

…very elderly plant of Colletia paradoxa (cruciata) growing behind Burncoose House. Colletia paradoxa On the way back I stopped to photograph what I think is a good Pinus mugo ‘Ophir’…

…albiflora Beschorneria albiflora Colletia hystrix Colletia hystrix Paeonia potanini Paeonia potanini Illicium oligandrum – a new species of illicium for the 2018 catalogue. Illicium oligandrum Illicium oligandrum Aralia elata in…

…undullatum Colletia hystrix (armata) plastered in tiny flowers. Colletia hystrix Oxydendron arboreum running up a terminal flower spike. Oxydendron arboreum Poliothrysis sinensis – I do not recollect ever seeing this…