8th January

…see much raphiolepsis in these plants at all? I wonder if this is simply an eriobotrya with red new growth and not the x raphiobotrya cross at all? Eriobotrya deflexa…

4th January

…Massive rabbit damage year on year to the stems and trunks but still they prosper. Eriobotrya japonica Eriobotrya japonica Eriobotrya japonica Eriobotrya japonica A rather stunted and poor Schefflera rhododendrifolia…

5th November

…but the tiny oranges were never quite edible. Eriobotrya deflexa Eriobotrya deflexa I had forgotten that we actually had Lindera triloba but here it is below Slip Rail exhibiting exceptional…

11th February

…Vietnam. Fully evergreen but not very like any of the other two species of Eriobotrya which we grow. Eriobotrya Eriobotrya We are constantly urged by environmentalists to leave piles of…

25th April

…Symplocos aff dumicola Eriobotrya deflexa in flower and with fallen red leaves on the ground as the red new growth emerges. Eriobotrya deflexa Eriobotrya deflexa First flowering of Paulownia fortunei…

15th April

…time I have ever seen flowers on Eriobotrya deflexa from Taiwan. They appear before or with the reddish new growth. Eriobotrya deflexa Eriobotrya deflexa Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’ is a new…

11th October

…the top. Acer henryi Acer henryi Meanwhile Tetracentron sinense, with its odd leave structure, is not. Tetracentron sinense Tetracentron sinense Eriobotrya deflexa still has its wonderful reddish-bronze new growth. Eriobotrya

10th April

…the sun. Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ Eriobotrya deflexa with its first set of reddish-brown new growth. Eriobotrya deflexa Eriobotrya deflexa Rhododendron flavidum full out. Another one we saw in the…

9th January

…may or may not hold through the winter. unnamed Eriobotrya unnamed Eriobotrya Turpinia formosana – a gift from the Taiwan Forestry Institute. It would seem Asia has already taken cuttings!…

17th December

…Margaret’ Roy Lancaster’s Christmas card said he was using a picture of our Eriobotrya deflexa in a spring article in The Garden. Eriobotrya deflexa Surprisingly attractive peeling bark on Maackia…