…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 may…

…a mature and well established plant. Dicksonia antarctica Dicksonia antarctica 2002 – FJW Sasanqua just coming – first to flower Pink by side door then A G white. 1933 –…

…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…

…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 Profusion’ behind Dicksonia antarctica A fine bed…

…Magnolia sieboldii Magnolia sieboldii Syringa x diversifolia, planted only this year, has surived and grown well. Syringa x diversifolia The large Dicksonia antarctica on the main ride with shrivelled small…

…ever seeing this species do this before. Rhododendron yakushimanum A fine combination of Dicksonia antarctica and Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’. Dicksonia antarctica and Anemone x hybrida ‘Honorine Jobert’ A…

…not survived the droughts. It might reshoot if cut down soon. nearly dead large camellia Cotoneaster franchetii hangs over Dicksonia antarctica in what was once the old wooden Playhouse. Cotoneaster…

…lake. quarry lake A clump of Phyllostachys nigra proving it is not invasive. Phyllostachys nigra Phyllostachys nigra The Dicksonia antarctica grove. Dicksonia antarctica An early flower on Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’….

…However there was a record of Dischloridium laeense which grows on Australian Tree Fern (Dicksonia antarctica) . Paul Cannon and Paul Kirk seem to have collected this on maybe more…

…in its early flowers. Loads of buds to come. Polyspora longicarpus (WWJ 11604) Polyspora longicarpus (WWJ 11604) 2021 – CHW A fine crop of self-sown Dicksonia antarctica, Picea and Betula…

…night.Dicksonia antarctica growing out of an elderly Camellia japonica. Dicksonia antarctica I was quite wrong a week ago. Today Magnolia ‘Todd’s Fortyniner’ is again the first magnolia to show colour….

…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 bholua ‘Mary Rose’ still in…

…burmanicum Dicksonia squarrosa hard hit by frost. Will new fronds still emerge? Doubtful. Dicksonia squarrosa Photinia x fraseri ‘Atropurpurea Nana’ with superb new growth appearing on this dwarfish shrub. No…

…poplars dead too. Our sycamores between the Top Lodge and in the village are shedding leaves but the rain may just have saved them. Spores from Dicksonia antarctica caught in…

…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…