24th June

…huge inflorescences. Ligustrum confusum The attractive bark of Maytenus boaria with some branches weeping and drooping as is normal. Maytenus boaria Maytenus boaria Another separate plant of Maytenus boaria has…

29th September

…so let us get cracking. Maytenus boaria Maytenus boaria Maytenus boaria Maytenus boaria The cones on Abies koreana are ripe and have shattered much earlier than usual this year. Normally…

5th April

…but it proved too tender to grow outside. Nageia nagi Maytenus magellanica is quite different in appearance from the Maytenus boaria which we grow well. A smaller and slower growing…

30th May

…good addition to the growing Viburnum collection – must be 40+ species now. Viburnum cassinoides Maytenus magellanica is the second species of Maytenus here. Larger leaves! Maytenus magellanica Celtis tetrandra…

26th May 1897 – 2020

…like our home grown Styrax hookeri which has been here since the 1920s. Styrax hookeri yunnanensis new species of MaytenusMaytenus magellanica arrived from Burncoose last week. Maytenus magellanica…

29th May

…‘Silver Slipper’ 2024 – CHW Maytenus boaria is a most graceful weeping tree in maturity. This one is 33 years old. Maytenus boaria Another Schefflera delavayi with impressive new growth…

12th July

…near Tin Garden just opening. Very few flowers this year. Rhododendron maddenii Maytenus magellanica getting going a year on from planting in Kennel Close. Maytenus magellanica Acacia obliquinervia seems to…

2nd November

…‘Variegata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ Rhododendron mucronulatum with swelling flower buds but no colour as yet in this ridiculously early autumn for camellia flowering anyway. Rhododendron mucronulatum 2023 – CHW Maytenus

10th January

…Fernery. The Fernery The Fernery The Fernery 2025 – CHW Camellia x williamsii ‘John Pickthorn’ just out in Tin Garden. Camellia x williamsii ‘John Pickthorn’ A young Maytenus magellanica has…

27th May 1897 – 2020

…Cornus alternifolia Cornus alternifolia Flowers just out on Rhaphiolepsis indica. Rhaphiolepsis indica Fallen leaves under Quercus acuta and fallen rhodo flowers as well. Quercus acuta Maytenus boaria with its drooping…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 5)

…RHS Encyclopaedia. Baccharis patagonica with tiny leaves. Nothofagus nitida. Maytenus magellanica in flower as a young plant. Nothofagus moorei. A young Callitris rhomboidea with its first seed head. The darkest…

20th March 1897 – 2020

…to look more closely at other rare plants (Maytenus boraria) or the huge number of other Camellia reticulatas in their national collection. 2015 – CHW ‘Magnolia Mania’ continues with yet…