8th July

…especially. I will try to picture the originals on my return. Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ 2004 – FJW Visit to Caerhays of Roy Lancaster. Visited the…

14th July

…Ivey, a gardener at Caerhays. Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Liriope ‘John Burch’ unusual but not that different really. Liriope ‘John Burch’ Liriope ‘John Burch’ Erica x williamsii ‘Ken…

21st July

…a Caerhays gardener, and a magnet for bees and butterflies. Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Digitalis sceptrum from the laurel forests and cliffs of Madeira is gorgeous in flower. A tender…

28th July

…just for this purpose? Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Here is the long promised and frequently cut down Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ named after the daffodil gardener at Caerhays pre 1900. It is…

20th July

…The elderly Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ cut down last winter for the umpteenth time have responded well as usual. Nearly dead at 10-12ft last August. Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ 2020 – CHW A trip…

10th January

…clump of Escallonia iveyi is nearly leafless and needs (again) cutting down to ground level to reshoot. A few bits of broken rhodo and branches to uplift and tidy in…

11th January

…maturing on this large tree which has attractive splitting stripes lower down. Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon The Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ have now had their haircut to reshoot rather quicker than I…

12th September

…Carissa macrocarpa Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ (Escallonia bifida x Escallonia exoniensis). Very similar to E. bifida which we saw last week at Caerhays in flower. Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Asimina triloba with its ghostly…

30th July

…group. Hosta fortunei ‘Aureomarginata’ At the nursery entrance Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ and Buddleia ‘Black Knight’ looking good together. Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ and Buddleia ‘Black Knight’ 2020 – CHW An old clump of…

4th October

…collect soon. Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’ Vitis coignettiae is starting to turn colour. The bloody thing has gone rampant and needs cutting down. Here it is all over Escallonia iveyi