…earlier than usual. Catalpa bignonoides Catalpa bignonoides Cordyline australis ‘Purpurea’ with huge seed heads. Cordyline australis ‘Purpurea’ Cordyline australis ‘Purpurea’ Cordyline australis ‘Purpurea’ A Cordyline australis tree or two alive…

…these are too high up to see properly. Cordyline australis Cordyline australis Cordyline australis Philadelphus sericanthus. Philadelphus sericanthus Tail end flowers on Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’. Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Magnolia ‘Ossie’s…

…Passion’ with lovely light pink edges to the leaves and pink stripes. Cordyline australis ‘Pink Passion’ Cordyline australis ‘Pink Passion’ Cordyline australis ‘Salsa’ with red stripes and red edging. Cordyline…

…have ever seen. Huge base – 12ft around perhaps. Cordyline australis Cordyline australis Cordyline and gunnera grown together – an odd mix but not where you have 75-80 inches of…

…deutzia growing outside the members pavilion. deutzia Two huge flowering Cordyline australis beyond the flower tent. Cordyline australis Large Gold Medal for the large Burncoose stand which was the floral…

…Cordyline australis Cordyline australis I do believe that the huge Magnolia dawsoniana outside the front gate is now starting to recover from the February frosts and March cold winds. Dieback…

…hederifolium ‘Album’ Cordyline australis ‘Salsa’ and Cordyline indivisa in Roy Key’s garden at The Pound. Cordyline australis ‘Salsa’ and Cordyline indivisa Finally, this afternoon, it has started raining properly for…

…Cordyline australis ‘Salsa’ Cordyline australis ‘Pink Passion’ – quite similar to one which we do stock. Cordyline australis ‘Pink Passion’ Ilex aquifolium ‘Myrtifolia’ which would be a good hedging plant….

…Cordyline australis Cordyline australis The clump had, until last summer, an ilex oak growing around it. Now this has gone the taller trunks have shoots emerging lower down their stems….

…excorticata has died with reshooting from the main stem. Fuchsia excorticata What a view of Cordyline, Trachycarpus and Phoenix. Cordyline, Trachycarpus and Phoenix Cordyline, Trachycarpus and Phoenix A bit of…

…older branched forms shooting from the base. This is certainly true of this 35 year old clump by the front door. cordyline cordyline 2016 – CHW Alison’s hanging basket begonias…

…Splendour’ shows up well at this time of the year beside the other Cordylines and the Phormiums. Cordyline ‘Southern Splendour’ Cordyline ‘Southern Splendour’ Clematis ‘Silver Moon’ is a new addition…

…wisteria now nearly full out. wisteria now nearly full out wisteria now nearly full out 2023 – CHW The Cordyline australis clump cut down as near dead last summer shows…

…now coming into flower. Jasminum specio. ‘Lord Howick’ Another weekend coming and another teepee in Beach Meadow. another teepee in Beach Meadow The Cordyline australis stumps have now gone. Cordyline…

…quieter village life. 2021 – CHW Cordyline australis in full flower. Cordyline australis Azalea indicum ‘Balsaminaeflorum’ Azalea indicum ‘Balsaminaeflorum’ Agapetes serpens with flower buds in the Rockery. Planted in March….

…thing I discovered today. Amazing fun to find such extraordinary new plants. This one the ‘African bulbine’. Bulbine frutescens Bulbine frutescens The Cordyline australis disease which is killing mature plants…

…nest The Cordyline australis which flowered so well last year and then tried to die on us was cut back. Only a few shoots still survive so we now need…

…have given up on the half cut back Cordyline australis. After the drought it only had 3 or 4 terminal green shoots, so now a ground level cutback. They normally…

…from 2024. 2021 – CHW Some very welcome rain and thunderstorms. The garden looks refreshed and revived.The Cordyline australis has had a severe pruning to remove the dying branches but…

…which are already ripe by the KPK offices. Cotoneaster bullatus Cotoneaster bullatus Gigantic seed heads of white seeds on the pot grown Cordyline banksii. Cordyline banksii Viburnum tinus ‘Lisarose’ in…