24th June

…full out. Lomatia tinctoria Lomatia tinctoria Lomatia fraseri not yet out. Lomatia fraseri Stewartia x henryae with sparse flowers. Stewartia x henryae Rapaena salicina syn. Myrsine salicina making good progress….

4th July 1897 – 2020

…flowers. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Ligustrum confusum is a record tree. Rather a fine flowering truss for a privet although most of the flowers are already…

29th July

…the first time. Eucryphia x hillieri ‘Penwith’ Lomatia fraseri flowering away int is deer shelter. At Gorwell Garden this has grown into a huge tree despite originating from New South…

2nd July 1897 – 2020

…in the garden today. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Neolitsea aff. polycarpa was simply too tall to stand upright when we planted it out this spring. So we simply…

4th February

…of nearby young rhododendrons. Nice bark on its trunk. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea First flowers on the pinker form of Rhododendron irroratum. Nowhere near as good a form as the…

10th June

…scabra Deutzia scabra The last flower on Magnolia ‘Charles Coates’. Magnolia ‘Charles Coates’ Lomatia tinctoria just coming out. Lomatia tinctoria Lomatia tinctoria 2024 – CHW A young heifer decides to…

28th August

…failed to form this year and the plant looks sickly to say the least. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Neolitsea aff. polycarpas (KWJ 12309), right beside it has, however, grown well….

11th November

…long handled pruners to collect the seed. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Autumnal views over Hovel Cart Road towards Old Park. Autumnal views Autumnal views Styrax formosanus var formosanus is as…

5th January 1897- 2020

…usually out for Hampton Court flower show so well worth propagating for sale there. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Rhododendron hookeri with the ‘barbs’ on the petioles clearly showing beside the…

3rd February

…2022 – CHW A fallen leaf under Magnolia dealbata with its silvery underside. The last leaves fell only in mid-December. Magnolia dealbata Lomatia tinctoria had a few seeds but they…

25th May

…trichosperma A good batch of recently potted Lomatia ferruginea. Lomatia ferruginea Embothrium lanceolatum seedlings have germinated well and are now being pricked out and potted in small pots. Embothrium lanceolatum…

11th July

…original Meliosma veitchiorum is dead. It flowered profusely last year and was obviously then on the way out. Meliosma veitchiorum Lomatia ferruginea flowering away reasonably and a little later than…

23rd July

…be wrong) – most peculiar! Lysimachia pendrifolius Lomatia fraseri in full flower 15ft up. Lomatia fraseri Cathaya argyrophylla needing careful staking. Cathaya argyrophylla Orixa japonica and Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’. Orixa…

31st July

…the adjacent camellias where they now flower away nicely standing proud to the camellias. Berberidopsis corallina Lomatia fraseri with its first flowering in the garden here. We now have 4…

1st August

…on Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’ to gather in a month. Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’ Lomatia fraseri in flower in the frames. Lomatia fraseri Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ 12217) with a flower cluster. We…

25th August

Lomatia ferruginea. Lomatia ferruginea Seed heads forming on Photinia prionophylla. Photinia prionophylla Although I suspect they will not develop properly acorn clusters forming on Lithocarpus variolosus. Lithocarpus variolosus ‘Rabbit’s money’…

2nd September

…reshooting from the fallen and pollarded Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’. Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ Seedpods forming on Lomatia ferruginea in profusion. Lomatia ferruginea Very few seed heads have formed on Michelia doltsopa…

3rd September

…fruit on Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’. Very good indeed. Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’ Lomatia ferruginea is just going over. Lomatia ferruginea Gevuina avellana, the Chilean nut tree, is just coming…

6th October

…japonicus Unripe berries on Ligustrum confusum. Ligustrum confusum After the drought years Lomatia ferruginea is nearly dead here and also at Burncoose. Lomatia ferruginea Quercus insignis with secondary pinkish new…

10th August

…many secondary efforts. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Drooping seed clusters forming on Lomatia ferruginea. Lomatia ferruginea 2019 – CHW Tilia kiusiana now just out in full flower and the bees having a…