…wet winters. Keviock clearly manage them rather better in Scotland and their stand was a treasure trove of Chinese alpines. This is Primula obconica subsp. werringtonensi and the rather tiny…

…lockdown ends.Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Gum Ball’ has an unusual shrubby and conical habit as here but it is said to turn orange-red and purple in an open position. All we see…

…‘Sunshine’ just going over. Brachyglottis ‘Sunshine’ Rhus verniciflua is one of the lesser known sumach species with flowerheads that are not conical and upright as they are in Rhus typhina…

…for now. Nyssa sylvatica ‘Miss Scarlet’ Nyssa sylvatica ‘Miss Scarlet’ Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ is romping away as a vigorous conical tree. Red with a bit of yellow lower down…

…Taiwania cryptomeroides is a rare tree with a supposedly conical habit. Here it seems to have lost its leader but the branches drop nicely. Another rare conifer which I had…

…rather spreading conical shrub rather than a small tree. Podocarpus macrophyllus ‘Aureus’ We have very few Higo camellias here but I stumbled across two. One of these I was totally…

…are erect growing conical trees and both are self-fertile as is the Trevanion Holly. I am not competent to judge so this is another one for Susyn Andrews post lockdown….

…fine tree. Planted in 2009 this Dutch named selection makes a conical feature tree as it is here. Acer campestre ‘Elsrijk’ Acer campestre ‘Elsrijk’ Two Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ with plenty…

…a spreading and multi-stemmed habit quite unlike the Caerhays plant or the one at Penrice Castle. Quercus semecarpifolia Zelkova serrata clipped into a conical shape. Quite a novelty for a…