Irish trip April 2018

…‘Spiralis’ – one of the finest record trees I have ever seen. Cryptomeria japonica Cryptomeria japonica Cryptomeria japonica Cryptomeria japonica Osmanthus serrulata in flower was a new one to me…

9th September

…Taiwania cryptomeria Taiwania cryptomeria Seed heads forming but not yet ripe on our ancient Gaultheria hookeri or Vaccinum wardii. Susyn Andrews needs ripe seeds to determine which naming is correct….

8th July

…bored fat dogs too in the Model Village which were even worse than the children. Not many RHS members there today! Unusual clipped and pruned conifer combinations: Cryptomeria japonica ‘Sekkansugi’…

12th February

…the garden opening on Sunday. I am always amazed that this double trunked Cryptomeria japonica stays upright in an east wind. Plenty of twig debris on the ground. Cryptomeria japonica…

4th May

…neglect.An enormous Oxydendron arboreum. Oxydendron arboreum Cryptomeria japonica araucarioides – extraordinary! Cryptomeria japonica araucarioides Cryptomeria japonica araucarioides I had not been to High Beeches for 20+ years and had not…

26th September

…tree which can certainly be seen in pre World War I pictures of the castle. Cryptomeria japonica Cryptomeria japonica A plant you often see in formal designed landscapes. We all…

24th November

…was around 10 feet tall. Cryptomeria japonica ‘Araucarioides’ Cryptomeria japonica ‘Araucarioides’ Euonymus carnosus has just arrived from Mallet Court Nursery. Excellent red autumn colour even if it is still in…

24th January

…multi stemmed ‘feathery’ small tree. Cryptomeria japonica ‘Elegans Aurea’ Cryptomeria japonica ‘Elegans Aurea’ Three snakebark maple stems in the late January sun. All planted in 2007. Acer rufinerve? Acer rufinerve?…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 4)

…in honour of our visit The full team after the planting. The full team Cryptomeria japonica ‘Spiralis’ which I now have cuttings of (from Clandeboye). Cryptomeria japonica ‘Spiralis’ Cryptomeria japonica…

2nd January 1897- 2020

…used to mean March.A big bit of cryptomeria by the boot washer as a leftover from yesterday’s storm which incidentally was, as usual, not forewarned by the dear old Met…

3rd March 1897 – 2020

…The Daphne bholua has been battered but may not be as dead as I thought. Daphne bholua The Cryptomeria japonicas bend dangerously in the wind. How they stay upright I…

15th March

…in the garden today is the Magnolia campbellii alba seedling in the Auklandii Garden. Magnolia campbellii alba seedling Magnolia campbellii alba seedling A windblown branch of Cryptomeria japonica by the…

14th October

…yellow early as usual. Cladrastis kentukea Cryptomeria japonica ‘Araucarioides’ was only planted in the spring but is doing well below Sinogrande Walk. Cryptomeria japonica ‘Araucarioides’ Flowers on Ilex cornuta. Ilex…

26th April

…2022 on poor soil with deer fencing and a watering system. Here Tilia endochrysea. Tilia endochrysea Three Cryptomeria japonica ‘Golden Promise’ getting going. Cryptomeria japonica ‘Golden Promise’ New growth on…

11th February

…1 Cryptomeria jap. AraucarioidesBurncoose stock Prunus Shimidsu/Shogestsu x 2 Davidia Sonoma x 2. Requested one and billing for one. Sent two as small. Abies concolor x 3 one needs replacing,…

3rd October

…removed a rather floppy large Cryptomeria japonica ‘Elegans’ to make room to plant a Nothofagus. 2023 – CHW An inspection of Kennel Close today. A superb showing from Cotoneaster moupinensis…

10th October

…a strange flattening of some of its stems rather like Salix udensis ‘Selika’ or Cryptomeria ‘Sekkan-sugi’. I have never seen this before in a podocarpus and wonder if it is…

30th December

…Salix udensis ‘Sekka’ and a number of smaller growing Cryptomeria. Podocarpus acutifolis Podocarpus acutifolis Camellia ‘Buttons and Bows’ a new one to me. Slightly frosted but attractive even if the…