28th July

…had little tufts of pinkish purple flowers. Melaleuca gibbosa Melaleuca hypericifolia was a much more impressive bottlebrush. Melaleuca hypericifolia Abutilon ‘Red Bells’ a larger flower than our Abutilon ‘Ashford Red’…

29th July

…Freylinia lanceolata A flower bud on Hedychium gardnerianum. Hedychium gardnerianum An extraordinary Melaleuca alternifolia with ‘cotton wool’ flowers. Never seen before. Melaleuca alternifolia Melaleuca alternifolia Melaleuca alternifolia Prumnopitys taxifolia with…

29th March

…major A new plant for the website, Melaleuca squarrosa, with small delicate leaves and attractive new growth. Melaleuca squarrosa Melaleuca squarrosa Clematis alpina ‘Blue Dancer’ looking good. Clematis alpina ‘Blue…

8th May

…pavia ‘Atrosanguinea’ Kunzea ambigua Kunzea ambigua Leptospermum grandiflorum Leptospermum grandiflorum Melaleuca squarrosa Melaleuca squarrosa Still a flower or two on Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ nearly four months since it first performed….

23rd July

…Correa lawrenceana grampiana 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…

2nd July

…when 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…

21st July

…garden is now so overgrown that much of what was there has been smothered. Tree surgery on the periphery and bold moves to start the Callistemon/Melaleuca etc. collections once again…