…trunk and flower on a mature Fatsia polycarpa with chubbier leaves. Fatsia polycarpa Fatsia polycarpa A roe deer lay down here beside the Fatsia in the last 24 hours. roe…

…the garden today? The plant is 8-10ft tall with a similar dense spread. The flowers do not stand erect to the branches but are more lateral. Fatsia polycarpa Fatsia polycarpa…

…think. Styrax serrulatus Styrax serrulatus Here is a new plant for the 2017 Burncoose catalogue already doing well. Fatsia polycarpa has much narrower leaf divides than Fatsia japonica and has…

…unlike Fatsia japonica. Fatsia polycarpa Fatsia polycarpa Dasilioron mequeriomexensis – looks like a puya. Dasilioron mequeriomexensis These would be available to us at trade prices. Coming on for the future…

…but everything has to be right for opening! Fatsia polycarpa now full out. This really is a very good ornamental plant and, flowering now, rather more exciting than Fatsia japonica….

…Foerster’. Arisaema consanguineum Fatsia polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’ Fatsia polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’ Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ and Fatsia polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’. Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ Astrantia major ‘Ruby Wedding’ and Athyrium nipponicum var. pictum….

…the lower ones. Camellia reticulata ‘William Hertrich’ Camellia reticulata ‘William Hertrich’ Flower buds just showing on Fatsia polycarpa. Out by Christmas I expect. Fatsia polycarpa Fatsia polycarpa 2018 – CHW…

…japonica ‘Spiders Web’ growing into maturity Fatsia japonica ‘Spiders Web’ Fatsia japonica ‘Spiders Web’ Mahonia oiwakensis ssp lomariifolia var tenuifolia with fruits in the Temperate House Mahonia oiwakensis ssp lomariifolia…

…Fatsia polycarpa Fatsia polycarpa Schefflera pauciflora now has ripe seed at the top of the plant ready for collection by Asia. Schefflera pauciflora Schefflera aff. myriocarpa which was in flower…

…like the one here but without the spidery leaves of some newer wild collected forms which we saw in Devon nurseries a month ago. Fatsia polycarpa Fatsia polycarpa Daphne odora…

…red new growth – again in full shade. Persea bracteata Persea bracteata Fatsia polycarpa at 15-20ft tall. Very variable in leaf form. Fatsia polycarpa Cyathea medullaris growing away quite happily…

…Magnolia dealbata Fatsia polyneura with attractive new growth. Fatsia polyneura Magnolia moto covered in buds this year; even low down. Magnolia moto First flowers ever on Castanopsis sclerophylla. Undersides of…

…dead. I suspect this may have happened before. Gevuina avellana Still plenty of leaf on a young Magnolia dealbata. Magnolia dealbata Flower buds emerging from Fatsia polycarpa which will be…

…by George’s Hut in the recent gales. Magnolia delerayi The flower heads on Fatsia polycarpa have developed a lot in a week. Fatsia polycarpa Nice colouring at this late stage…

…Rhododendron moulmainense Rhododendron moulmainense Rhododendron moulmainense Flower buds nearly out on Fatsia polycarpa. Fatsia polycarpa More trimming out of deadwood on the Rhododendron ‘Alison Johnstone’ by George’s Hut. Rhododendron ‘Alison…

…as pink forms but they have more conventional grande leaf forms. Rhododendron grande seedling Deer nibbling on fatsia leaves – the keepers had one the other day which is a…

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ 2023 – CHW Cold North wind but no frost yet.Fatsia polycarpa now out. Too big a plant now to photograph easily. Fatsia polycarpa Another…

…‘Darjeeling’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Darjeeling’ Fraxinus griffithii is evergreen. A gift from Raf in 2020. Fraxinus griffithii Fraxinus griffithii 2022 – CHW Fatsia polycarpa has been in bud for…

…looked at the flower buds of Fatsia polycarpa around Christmas time. These are not yet fully open but certainly pretty impressive for this time of the year. Fatsia polycarpa 2019…

…Everything looking better after the rain!First flower ever on Metapanax davidii. Rather similar to a fatsia flower I think. Metapanax davidii Metapanax davidii Holboellia latifolia with its purple seed pods….