…tree is 20ft plus tall and every twig has a cluster of lobster claw flowers. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Ligustrum confusum is a record tree. Rather…

…Lomatia ferruginea which I have missed completely this year. Lomatia ferruginea Another veteran bites the dust and now needs digging out. Our oldest Rehderodendron macrocarpum. Lots of youngsters coming on…

…one of the things which we know will be out and sell well at Hampton Court. The best thing in the garden today. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Neolitsea…

…plant – Lomatia ferruginea at its best. We pruned up the lower branches last autumn and the trunk is producing new shoots. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Ligustrum confusum with huge…

…copiously all over. Asia needs to wait a week or two before using the long handled pruners to collect the seed. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Autumnal views over Hovel Cart…

…trunk. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea First flowers on the pinker form of Rhododendron irroratum. Nowhere near as good a form as the Burncoose plants which have spots on the inside…

…seeds have 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,…

…collect what I can reach for Asia to propagate. This small tree is usually out for Hampton Court flower show so well worth propagating for sale there. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia…

…Lomatia fraseri in full flower 15ft up. Lomatia fraseri Cathaya argyrophylla needing careful staking. Cathaya argyrophylla Orixa japonica and Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’. Orixa japonica and Hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Deutzia multiradiata…

…Magnolia ‘Kew’s Surprise’ Lomatia fraseri in flower in the frames. Lomatia fraseri Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ 12217) with a flower cluster. We lost this in the garden last winter. Brassaiopsis dumicola…