…is another one for Susyn Andrews post lockdown. Trevanion Holly Up the drive a little further I planted a Williams Holly some 30 years ago to also grow into a…

…Brian Schrire are finally able to get here to sort out the final identification of the holly collection. In a long but happy afternoon we catalogue every holly in the…

…williamsii ‘Brigadoon’ 2021 – CHW In researching an article on the true identity of several veteran holly trees here collected by George Forrest I discovered in Bean a reference to…

…imported from France to admire and photograph. Camellia ‘L T Dees’ Camellia ‘L T Dees’ Camellia ‘L T Dees’ Camellia ‘Holly Bright’ extraordinary holly-like leaves! Camellia ‘Holly Bright’ Camellia ‘Holly…

…but Hillier’s suggests plants under this name may be Photinia serrulata. Photinia glomerata Photinia glomerata Tom has brought some of his holly species for us to admire.Ilex rubra from Mexico….

…an exceptional year for holly berries in the run up to Christmas but, looking around at the common holly trees which usually perform well, there is not a great deal…

…flopped over or been pushed over into the light by a nearby common holly. Some berries even on this young plant. Ilex kingiana Ilex kingiana Sadly this holly got a…

…Ilex cytura growing as a clump at Trewithen. I need to get to see these. Originally this holly was called Ilex forrestii and also incorrectly identified as Ilex ficoidea. Bean…

…make it? Ilex x altaclarensis ‘Balearica’? More investigation needed. Trevanion Holly Trevanion Holly A branch off an evergreen buddleia and a deciduous azalea blown several yards down onto the drive…

…at all convinced. The purple colouring on the new growth looks, perhaps, more like Ilex x meserveae ‘Blue Prince’ or ‘Blue Princess’? holly holly A 50 year old Lithocarpus pachyphyllus…