9th September

…plant which covers an outside wall of the main nursery walled garden. The result of the drought. The taste was quite sweet. Ficus pumila Ficus pumila Ficus pumila 2017 –…

9th July

…x michauxii Pyrus x michauxii Pyrus x michauxii Opuntia ficus-indica, the prickly pear cactus from Mexico, full out and no ill effects from the cold. Opuntia ficus-indica Opuntia ficus-indica 2017…

27th July

Ficus ‘Brown Turkey’ grows over a trellis. It is absolutely enormous. This Ficus ‘Brown Turkey’ This Ficus ‘Brown Turkey’ Clerodendron bungei suckering up here and there as a shrub. Clerodendron…

3rd October

…has attractive leaves too! Cyclamen hederifolium A new clematis for the catalogue – Clematis ‘Romantica’. Clematis ‘Romantica’ Clematis ‘Romantica’ Ficus carica ‘Ice Crystal’ with yellow autumn tints. Ficus carica ‘Ice…

14th July

…Osborne house despite their love of hot dry banks and self seeding. Perhaps too cold for Amomyrtus luma but plenty at Ventnor. Myrtus communis subsp tarrentina Ficus carica (common fig)…

31st July

…‘Sunny Sky’ ‘Sunny Sky’ ‘Cream Abundance’ – sadly no scent in the rain. ‘Cream Abundance’ ‘Cream Abundance’ A very ripe fig on a rather small Ficus ‘Brown Turkey’. Ficus ‘Brown…

7th August

Ficus carica ‘Ice Crystal’ with its first figs. Ficus carica ‘Ice Crystal’ A fine specimen of Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ beside the Burncoose office. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ Agapanthus ‘Twister’ looking excellent….