28th July

…think I caught its white flowers last year. Eucalyptus globulus Melaleuca gibbosa had little tufts of pinkish purple flowers. Melaleuca gibbosa Melaleuca hypericifolia was a much more impressive bottlebrush. Melaleuca

29th July

…the year for its tubular flowers. Freylinia lanceolata Freylinia lanceolata A flower bud on Hedychium gardnerianum. Hedychium gardnerianum An extraordinary Melaleuca alternifolia with ‘cotton wool’ flowers. Never seen before. Melaleuca

29th March

…flower rather later than usual. Fothergilla major Fothergilla major A new plant for the website, Melaleuca squarrosa, with small delicate leaves and attractive new growth. Melaleuca squarrosa Melaleuca squarrosa Clematis…

15th May

…fruticosa ‘Africana’ Erodium ‘Bishop’s Form’. Erodium ‘Bishop’s Form’ Melaleuca diosmifolia in full flower. Melaleuca diosmifolia Melaleuca diosmifolia Crassula coccinea. Crassula coccinea Erica cerinthoides – the heath from South African which…

8th May

…grandiflorum Leptospermum grandiflorum Melaleuca squarrosa Melaleuca squarrosa Still a flower or two on Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ nearly four months since it first performed. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ The large Fagus sylvatica…

23rd July

Melaleuca alternifolia. Melaleuca alternifolia 2022 – CHW On the 10th July 2020 in this diary I photographed the various forms of Meliosma dilleniifolia and its subspecies to try to work…

2nd July

…there was last an effort to clear an area and start a new collection of temperate or southern hemisphere plants below the entrance. The collections of grevillea, melaleuca and callistemon…

21st July

…on the periphery and bold moves to start the Callistemon/Melaleuca etc. collections once again as they were 30 years ago. Quite a few specimen and feature trees have died of…

27th July

…the time for chucking out whole planting areas to start again is really very short. Thuggish plants dominate after a bit and smother everything around them. A lot of Melaleuca