…‘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…

…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’…

…floppy when potted. The shoot tips are still in full new growth so cuttings will have to wait a couple of months. Taiwania cryptomeria Taiwania cryptomeria Taiwania cryptomeria Seed heads…

…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…

…up. Is this normal? Wollemi pine Cryptomeria japonica with new and old seed cones. Cryptomeria japonica Cryptomeria japonica I admire again the best Sollya heterophylla I have ever seen growing…

…the car park. Acer negundo Cryptomeria japonica ‘Tilford Gold’ not one stocked by Burncoose – a rockery plant. Cryptomeria japonica ‘Tilford Gold’ Cryptomeria japonica ‘Tilford Gold’ Rudbeckia ‘Goldblitz’ which is…

…many years finally succumb to gravity? A tough old historic tree which can certainly be seen in pre World War I pictures of the castle. Cryptomeria japonica Cryptomeria japonica A…

…peculiar Cryptomeria japonica ‘Araucarioides’ which I admired at Gorwell Garden where it was around 10 feet tall. Cryptomeria japonica ‘Araucarioides’ Cryptomeria japonica ‘Araucarioides’ Euonymus carnosus has just arrived from Mallet…

…grow on. Rhododendron falconeri Cryptomeria japonica ‘Elegans Aurea’ is a wonderful windbreak and attractive with the sun catching the top of this bulging multi stemmed ‘feathery’ small tree. Cryptomeria japonica…

…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…

…branch of Cryptomeria japonica by the front door with last year and the year before’s seed cones. Cryptomeria japonica In the distance a good magnolia in Old Park – Magnolia…

…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…

…delavayi Magnolia delavayi Vitex agnus castus in the sun on a remarkably hot afternoon. Vitex agnus castus Cladrastis kentukea turning yellow early as usual. Cladrastis kentukea Cryptomeria japonica ‘Araucarioides’ was…

…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…

…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,…

…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 planted in 2010…

…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 an…

…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…