…the plants isn’t quite dead but I wouldn’t be holding my breath! Embothrium in Tromso, Norway Embothrium in Tromso, Norway Embothrium in Tromso, Norway Echium pininana full out already. Echium…

…and there and a mass of swelling buds. Camellia x williamsii ‘Jovey Carlyon’ A young Embothrium lanceolatum carries all its leaves through the winter. Embothrium lanceolatum While a 30 year…

…48 hours.Embothrium lanceolatum against a blue sky. Embothrium lanceolatum Rhododendron ‘Lem’s Monarch’ coming to its best. Rhododendron loderi ‘Venus’ next door to it nowhere near out. Rhododendron ‘Lem’s Monarch’ Rhododendron…

…Embothrium flowers in half to get at the nectar. Pigeons or squirrels? The flowers on the ground have been halved! Embothrium flowers Embothrium flowers Wonderful new growth on Schefflera taiwaniana….

…nectar in the flowers. I have never seen them do this to embothrium before. The branch we cut for the show will have to come from Burncoose. Embothrium lanceolatum Embothrium…

…against a blue sky. Embothrium ‘Lanceolatum Group’ Embothrium ‘Lanceolatum Group’ Embothrium ‘Lanceolatum Group’ We used to call this Michelia crassipes – now also (supposedly) Magnolia laevigata. Only in flower very…

…first time this young Embothrium has flowered on the top of the bank above Roger’s Quarry. A ghastly dry site with very poor stoney soil. Just what they like! Embothrium…

…latifolia Styrax japonicus ‘Purple Dress’ and Embothrium lanceolatum ‘Ñorquinco’. Styrax japonicus ‘Purple Dress’ and Embothrium lanceolatum ‘Ñorquinco’ Anchusa ‘Loddon Royalist’ and Philadelphus coronarius ‘Aureus’. Anchusa ‘Loddon Royalist’ and Philadelphus coronarius…

…japonica The bark of Persea japonica is rather more interesting! Persea japonica The Embothrium lanceolatum above Roger’s Quarry is nearly dead. These plants seem to live only 30 or so…

…plants vary greatly. This one is dropping today but many leaves remain green and may go on to next season. Embothrium Embothrium Embothrium Still a good show on Camellia oleifera…

…I had feared. Embothrium Embothrium Embothrium Michelia laevifolia ‘White Caviar’ is still way off flowering too. Michelia laevifolia ‘White Caviar’ Osmanthus suavis looking fit but no flower. Osmanthus suavis Viburnum…

…The IDS are currently rewriting Embothrium for Trees & Shrubs. Is there one species of Embothrium or several sub-species? Embothrium coccineum longifolium Berberis francisci-ferdinandii a completely new species to me….

…old and showing its age after a spring scorching in the east wind. It is probably therefore Embothrium coccineum Lanceolatum Group. Embothrium Pterostyrax psilophyllus var. leveillei has three lobes at…

…Tin Garden The first Embothrium is nearly full out. Good job we are no longer going to have to cut a branch this year for Chelsea! Embothrium Embothrium The Rhododendron…

…of recently potted Lomatia ferruginea. Lomatia ferruginea Embothrium lanceolatum seedlings have germinated well and are now being pricked out and potted in small pots. Embothrium lanceolatum seedlings Embothrium lanceolatum seedlings…

…and wonderful white felting on the underside of its leaves. Salix hookeriana Salix hookeriana 2022 – CHW Yesterday afternoon we cut some budded Embothrium for the Chelsea stand which will…

…See the colours in the individual flowers within the truss. Rhododendron sinogrande Rhododendron sinogrande Very early flower on Embothrium coccineum. Embothrium coccineum Magnolia ‘Marj Grossler’ – an American hybrid was…

…stake has righted a young Embothrium on the lip of Roger’s Quarry. Embothrium Camellia x williamsii ‘Faith’ looking good in the sun. Camellia x williamsii ‘Faith’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Faith’…

…melanoxylon A young and previously thriving Embothrium by the Playhouse smashed to bits in the recent gales. Embothrium The multi stemmed Cordyline australis which we finally cut to the ground…

…drop before they ripen and turn black. Prunus padus ‘Colorata’ Tilia kiusiana still not quite out. Tilia kiusiana The wind has taken out the top of our best young Embothrium…