19th April

…nibbling them. Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus crassifolius Just look how prominent these Matsumae cherries are already in the four year old Isla Rose Plantation. Tremendous growth rates….

24th March

…grandiflora Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus obovata Myrsine aquilonia Pittosporum michei Metrosideros ‘Mistral’ Aristolochia delavayi Schinus latifolius Schinus latifolius A few white berries left on Melicytus crassifolius. Melicytus crassifolius Tiny and intricate…

11th October

…doubt on the identification. Melicytus crassifolium Melicytus crassifolium Melicytus crassifolium I discover another holly growing well above Crinodendron Hedge and just in flower. Some leaves are markedly spiny while others…

25th March

…however about right even if chubbier and larger than on our other plant of, supposedly, the same species. Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus crassifolius Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chyverton Red’ just out and splendid…

The Cornwall Garden Society spring show

…this). Melicytus alpinus Melicytus alpinus Cleyera japonica ‘Tricolor’ – a plant for Asia to propagate as a good coloured evergreen on the bank above the two Magnolia veitchiis. Cleyera japonica…

17th October

Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus crassifolius A young Quercus greggii with its dangerous autumn new growth. Multi stemmed habit. Quercus greggii Quercus greggii 2021 – CHW New growth on Carpinus caroliniana. Carpinus…

22nd July

…of Myrsine. Myrsine divaricata Our third species of MelicytusMelicytus dentatus with very bold leaflets on its new growth. Quite different in leaf to the other 2 species nearby…

6th August

…in a nursery tunnel. Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus crassifolius At last a flower on the attractive Sesbania punicea. Sesbania punicea New for next year’s catalogue is Coreopsis ‘Ladybird’. Coreopsis ‘Ladybird’ Seed…

11th November

…2018. Here is its first flower in November! The bush is thriving. Hydrangea aspera Hydrangea aspera Melicytus crassifolius recently planted along from Higher Quarry Nursery bed. Dull and rare! Melicytus

28th February

…Trelonk. English partridges Melicytus crassifolius still covered in white berries. Melicytus crassifolius Salix gracilistyla ‘Mount Aso’ by the Old Kennels. An outstanding display today. Salix gracilistyla ‘Mount Aso’ Salix gracilistyla…