…‘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…

…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….

…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’…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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?…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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…

…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,…

…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…

…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…

…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…