Visit to Tregrehan – 3rd November 2018

…insignis may take its name from the seed clusters which perhaps resemble a radiata pine cone (doubtful)? Decaisnea insignis Decaisnea fargesii Decaisnea fargesii Decaisnea insignis Carpinus japonica with seed capsules…

31st May

…Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ I have nearly missed the Decaisnea fargesii flowers this year. I have failed to get Decaisnea insignis (yellow rather than blue sausage fruits) going here yet in…

15th May

…Manglietia Chingii The Burncoose plant of Decaisnea fargesii flowering beautifully on several of its multiple stems. Decaisnea fargesii Decaisnea fargesii The Burncoose plant of Meliosma oldhamii has much yellower new…

15th October

…numbers of blue seedpods nearly ripe on Decaisnea fargesii. Decaisnea fargesii Decaisnea fargesii Vitex agnus-castus finally out in flower. Vitex agnus-castus Vitex agnus-castus Colour on the most recent new growth…

2nd August

…rhododendrons and secondary new growth on many other things. Abies koreana with fine clusters of blue cones. Abies koreana More seeds than usual on Decaisnea fargesii but yet to turn…

29th July

…on Ilex kingiana. Most years these only go red in the New Year but I cannot see this not happening much earlier this year. Ilex kingiana I thought Decaisnea fargesii…

20th July

…of them alive. self-sown seedlings under the elderly Cornus kousas self-sown seedlings under the elderly Cornus kousas We had seed pods last year on Decaisnea fargesii but they are much…

17th November

…Next to it a clump of the smaller flowered white lacecap Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ which is well over with the flower heads turning green. Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ 2022 – CHW Decaisnea fargesii…

7th July

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW Decaisnea insignis is getting going in Tin Garden but no flowers yet. Decaisnea

13th November

…gather on Wednesday. Cotoneaster ‘Inchmery’ Shrivelled blue/black seedpods on Decaisnea fargesii. Decaisnea fargesii The leaf on Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ is just turning. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Acer palmatum ‘Scolopendriifolium’…