…‘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…

…RHS members there today! Unusual clipped and pruned conifer combinations: Cryptomeria japonica ‘Sekkansugi’ and Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ Cryptomeria japonica ‘Sekkansugi’ and Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ Picea pungens ‘Kloster’ and…

…simply too 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…

…years of 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…

…with 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…

…young plant of 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…

…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? Acer rufinerve? Acer rufinerve ‘Erythrocladum’…

…for 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…

…lawn at Burncoose was always early into growth but ‘early’ used to mean March.A big bit of cryptomeria by the boot washer as a leftover from yesterday’s storm which incidentally…

…Garden. Magnolia campbellii alba seedling Magnolia campbellii alba seedling A windblown branch of Cryptomeria japonica by the front door with last year and the year before’s seed cones. Cryptomeria japonica…