…A fine array of Dicksonia antarctica seedlings are coming up here and there in dark shady wet places around the fernery. Dicksonia antarctica Dicksonia antarctica Yet more unusual fungi which…

…to believe if you did not have the actual evidence in front of you. Now a mature and well established plant. Dicksonia antarctica Dicksonia antarctica 2002 – FJW Sasanqua just…

…in full flower too. Pittosporum eugenoides Dicksonia fibrosa fronds untouched by cold. Dicksonia fibrosa More than could be said for the older mature plant a few yards away. Well wrapped…

…would get outside. Rhododendron burmanicum Rhododendron burmanicum Dicksonia squarrosa hard hit by frost. Will new fronds still emerge? Doubtful. Dicksonia squarrosa Photinia x fraseri ‘Atropurpurea Nana’ with superb new growth…

…overpowering. A wonderful crop of flowers despite the dry summer. sweet peas Leslie’s begonias. Leslie’s begonias Leslie’s begonias Buddleia ‘White Profusion’ behind Dicksonia antarctica – a good combination. Buddleia ‘White…

…diversifolia, planted only this year, has surived and grown well. Syringa x diversifolia The large Dicksonia antarctica on the main ride with shrivelled small fronds many of which have already…

…Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’ An odd secondary flowering on Rhododendron yakushimanum. I do not remember ever seeing this species do this before. Rhododendron yakushimanum A fine combination of Dicksonia antarctica and…

…camellia Cotoneaster franchetii hangs over Dicksonia antarctica in what was once the old wooden Playhouse. Cotoneaster franchetii 2023 – CHW An inspection of newer things in the Tin Garden area.A…

…is not invasive. Phyllostachys nigra Phyllostachys nigra The Dicksonia antarctica grove. Dicksonia antarctica An early flower on Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Their Stewartia rostrata has poor autumn colours…

…on Australian Tree Fern (Dicksonia antarctica) . Paul Cannon and Paul Kirk seem to have collected this on maybe more that one occasion in 1982/3 and I wonder if this…

…come. Polyspora longicarpus (WWJ 11604) Polyspora longicarpus (WWJ 11604) 2021 – CHW A fine crop of self-sown Dicksonia antarctica, Picea and Betula seedlings on the hot dry bank above the…

…Plan Planting progresses Planting progresses 2022 – CHW Warm and sunny but chilly at night.Dicksonia antarctica growing out of an elderly Camellia japonica. Dicksonia antarctica I was quite wrong a…

…flow on the castle wall. Surprisingly unfrosted. Camellia japonica ‘Lady Clare’ A young Dicksonia antarctica above a large and cut throat Rubus squarrosus in a damp corner. Dicksonia antarctica Daphne…

…the Top Lodge and in the village are shedding leaves but the rain may just have saved them. Spores from Dicksonia antarctica caught in cobwebs under the long fruiting fronds….

…off the big tree fern on the main ride. Its a bit thin on top but, as usual, Dicksonia antarctica lives up to its name for indestructability It came through…