13th May

…myrsinifolia as perhaps being Quercus glauca? Here are Alan’s comments to me: Are you sure of the identification of your Q. myrsinifolia? It looks a little like Q. glauca as…

3rd May

…smithiana Picea smithiana Picea smithiana Berberis ‘Georgii’ plastered in flowers. Berberis ‘Georgii’ Berberis ‘Georgii’ Phyllocladus glauca Phyllocladus glauca Phyllocladus glauca Gleditsia sinensis – with huge thorns to stop animals climbing…

22nd June

…and sold it as Q. myrsinifolia. Alan says it is Quercus glauca and, I agree, that it looks NOW very like the Q. glauca which I photographed at Batsford Arboretum…

16th August

…Huge leaves and flowers very like those of Meliosma oldhamii. Meliosma myriantha aff. Lindera glauca with seed forming. Lindera glauca Lindera glauca Litsea dilleniifolia with flowers. A brute of a…

26th July

…Quercus GLABRA Quercus GLABRA Quercus GLAUCA Quercus GLAUCA Quercus GLAUCA The originas of Quercus acuta are very different. The old plant towards Tin Garden which was so cut back in…

18th January

…spreading clump. Phyllostachys nidularia Phyllostachys nidularia Phyllostachys nidularia Phyllostachys glauca – a long spreading and vigorous clump. Phyllostachys glauca Phyllostachys glauca Phyllostachys glauca Chiminobambusa trangui. ‘Shiroshima’ – attractive variegation in…

11th May

…with its new growth. The old tree died, and root suckers have grown up as a clump. Litsea glauca Litsea glauca Litsea glauca Neolitsea aff. polycarpa with rather different coloured…

17th June

…quassioides Quercus pontica with acorns forming. Quercus pontica Quercus pontica Quercus glauca – our tree at Caerhays is nearly dead. Quercus glauca Quercus glauca Ilex hookeri which once grew at…

13th September

…asperata Picea polita (now apparently Picea torano), the tiger tail spruce from Japan, with very prickly leaves indeed. Picea polita Picea polita Picea glauca has not fared so well and…