20th December

ferox Encephalartos ferox Encephalartos ferox Encephalartos ferox Encephalartos lebomboensis at a smaller size Encephalartos lebomboensis Encephalartos horridus – the smallest but most expensive cycad of all Encephalartos horridus Encephalartos ferox

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 3)

ferox Pseudopanax ferox Pseudopanax ferox This is trachstemum (?) which is wonderful groundcover for full shade. trachstemum trachstemum trachstemum trachstemum A new plant to me – Blephylocalyx crookshankii. Blephylocalyx crookshankii…

5th October

…named. Schima argentea Schima argentea Schima argentea Schima argentea What extraordinary seeds Melliodendron xylocarpum has. Huge and not rounded as one might have expected from the Styracaceae family. Despite its…

8th December

…Pseudopanax ferox. Looking in the latest RHS ‘Plantsman’ magazine they feature the bark of Pinus bungeana which has an equally attractive and not dissimilar patterning. Pseudopanax ferox Pseudopanax ferox Pseudopanax…

30th August

…Six to eight feet tall. Shepherdia argentea Shepherdia argentea An unidentified rhododendron on the path on from the old Lower Quarry Nursery with what I assume are secondary flowers. rhododendron…

15th February

…leaves turned over in the gale. big leafed rhodos big leafed rhodos big leafed rhodos Pseudopanax ferox at 12-14ft. Attractive bark. Pseudopanax ferox Pseudopanax ferox New growth appearing on a…

Cycads at Burncoose

More of the cycads on a rather less gloomy and wet day. Back to 20th December. Encephalartos ferox Encephalartos ferox Encephalartos ferox Encephalartos alternsteinii Encephalartos alternsteinii Encephalartos lebomboensis Encephalartos lebomboensis…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 2)

…have ever seen. Pseudopanax ferox Pseudopanax ferox The view up the shrub border just outside the walled garden. The view up the shrub border The front of the Clandeboye House….

23rd October

…Schima. Unlike S. khasiana this plant has single flowers rather than flower clusters. Schima argentea Schima argentea 2023 – CHW Pam Hayward found an amusing exchange between JC Williams, my…

5th June

…(BSWJ 11686) Engelhardia spicata (HWJK 2421). Engelhardia spicata (HWJK 2421) Schima argentea (15423) looks nothing like our existing plant of this name. Schima argentea (15423) Euscaphis japonica (BSWJ 14600). Euscaphis…

12th December

…arrived in late July are still in full leaf. New Zealand acers New Zealand acers A fine crop of Pseudopanax ferox and Pseudopanax crassifolius from liners. Pseudopanax ferox Pseudopanax crassifolius…

23rd September

…chinensis has very stand out leaves that can readily be recognised. Corylus chinensis Mahonia ‘Meteor’ with 3 flowers – not that impressive! Mahonia ‘Meteor’ Mahonia ‘Meteor’ Corylus ferox var. tibetica…

5th August

…which we see a lot of in Falmouth has reached Ventnor. Cordyline australis Cordyline australis Pseudopanax ferox leaves on a small plant. Pseudopanax ferox Huge pea like seed pods on…

4th August

…Trachelospermum jasminoides. Trachelospermum jasminoides Trachelospermum jasminoides Pseudopanax ferox at 12ft with its totally different secondary leaves. Pseudopanax ferox 2016 – CHW On the way early to the mainland but just…

18th March

…was new to the catalogue last year. Eucalyptus gunnii ‘Azura’ Eucalyptus pulverulenta ‘Baby Blue’. Eucalyptus pulverulenta ‘Baby Blue’ Still berries on Ilex aquifolium ‘Argentea Marginata’ which is unusual for mid-March….

13th May

…pulverulenta ‘Raspberry Ice’ [ALONGSIDE] Zenobia pulverulenta ‘Blue Sky’ Zenobia pulverulenta ‘Raspberry Ice’ Zenobia pulverulenta ‘Blue Sky’ Cornus alternifolia ‘Argentea’ – another plant which shows up well in a tent. Cornus…

9th June

…delavayi Rhododendron nuttallii just out on the main ride. Rhododendron nuttallii 2020 – CHW A young Cornus alternifolia ‘Argentea’ in flower at Donkey Shoe. The Burncoose one has been pollarded…

10th September

…Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ Good reshooting from the half fallen over and pollarded Eucryphia cordifolia. Eucryphia cordifolia The Cornus alternifolia ‘Argentea’ which also fell over has been successfully pollarded, uprighted…

1st October

…‘Elsie Frye’ Rhododendron ‘Elsie Frye’ Secondary flowers on Rhododendron ‘Bow Bells’. Rhododendron ‘Bow Bells’ I have missed the first two flowers ever on Schima argentea. One is nearly brown. I…

9th December

…recently arrived from Pavia for growing on and planting out. – Corylus yunnanensis – Corylus ferox var. tibetica – Juglans nigra ‘Laciniata’ – Juglans microcarpa – Quercus skinneri – Quercus…