21st December

…Fatsia polycarpa ‘Green Fingers’ Fatsia polycarpa ‘Green Fingers’ Fatsia polycarpa ‘Green Fingers’ Fatsia polycarpa still in tight bud. Fatsia polycarpa Sarcococca wallichii just out. Sarcococca wallichii Camellia x williamsii ‘Salutation’…

27th January

…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 deer 2023…

25th January 1897 – 2020

…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…

18th February 1897 – 2020

…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…

15th July 1897 – 2020

…is a new plant for the 2017 Burncoose catalogue already doing well. Fatsia polycarpa has much narrower leaf divides than Fatsia japonica and has made a well-shaped shrub here. I…

14th February

…good ornamental plant and, flowering now, rather more exciting than Fatsia japonica. Fatsia polycarpa Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ resilient in the background of a Michelia which still has its leaves intact…

9th June

…‘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. Astrantia major ‘Ruby Wedding’ Physocarpus…

20th November

…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 Jaimie has pollarded…

RHS Savill Garden Pictures 2018

…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…

3rd January 1897- 2020

…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…

12th March 1897 – 2020

…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…

28th May

…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 in the only garden in…

10th June

…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 the leaves…

16th December

…multi-stemmed plant are nearly 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…

22nd December

…big branch has snapped one of the Magnolia delerayi by George’s Hut in the recent gales. Magnolia delerayi The flower heads on Fatsia polycarpa have developed a lot in a…

24th December

…uplifting of Kalopanax septemlobus. Kalopanax septemlobus As ever the peeling bark on Rhododendron moulmainense (Rh stenaulum) is spectacular. Rhododendron moulmainense Rhododendron moulmainense Rhododendron moulmainense Flower buds nearly out on Fatsia…

3rd January

…fatsia leaves – the keepers had one the other day which is a start to the spring cull. Essential! fatsia First flowers out on a group of Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’…

17th January

…x williamsii variety? 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….

31st January

…showing on Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Darjeeling’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Darjeeling’ Fraxinus griffithii is evergreen. A gift from Raf in 2020. Fraxinus griffithii Fraxinus griffithii 2022 – CHW Fatsia…

22nd January 1897- 2020

…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…