24th March

…load of “sacrifice’ camellias Melicytus crassifolius covered in tiny yellow flowers. Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus obovatus just coming into flower with its tens of thousands of very…

19th April

…lot more. Melicytus obovatus Melicytus obovatus It took us a while to sort out the identity of our Melicytus species but I am pretty certain that this is Melicytus crassifolius…

11th October

…looking at odd (dull) and unidentified small shrubs (Schinus and Forestiera). Here is another which I believe is Melicytus crassifolium. I think Tom Hudson showed a Melicytus in flower at…

25th March

…The leaf looks 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…

7th June

…glomerata Melicytus ramiflorus which I have only seen before at Ventnor. Not at all like our Caerhays species of Melicytus. Melicytus ramiflorus Photinia parvifolia in full flower – a small…

22nd July

…yield cuttings. A dull genus but the nursery has previously stocked different species of Myrsine. Myrsine divaricata Our third species of MelicytusMelicytus dentatus with very bold leaflets on…

6th August

…see its well underway. Castle Wood grass cutting finished 2023 – CHW Hydrangea video day at Burncoose. Melicytus crassifolius covered in white berries already in a nursery tunnel. Melicytus crassifolius…

17th October

…with white fruits which have black markings. Despite its scruffy and leafless appearance this has doubled in size in 3 years. More fruits than ever before. Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus crassifolius…

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…

10th September

…away with huge leaves. Juglans major Juglans major Melicytus crassifolius is covered in berries. Unlike the plants in the nursery these have still to turn white. Melicytus crassifolius Quercus liebmannii…

31st December

…4557). Adinandra Another Melicytus crassifolius but this one has no white berries at all, as yet, unlike the other one a similar size growing in full sun. This one is…

11th November

…Hydrangea aspera was a gift from Lord Howick in 2018. Here is its first flower in November! The bush is thriving. Hydrangea aspera Hydrangea aspera Melicytus crassifolius recently planted along…

26th October

…time. Much later than other species. Clethra pringlei Melicytus crassifolius now covered with white berries on the lower part of the shrub. Melicytus crassifolius Myrcia laurotteana var. paraguayensis with its…

20th April

…attractively on Mallotus japonicus. Mallotus japonicus Melicytus obovatus to show the size of the large shrub. You cannot see that there are tens of thousands of tiny flowers literally covering…

5th September

…ripening white seeds forming on our female Melicytus obovatus. This species has, according to all the reference books, separate male and female plants. There cannot be another plant of this…

23rd August

…Alchemilla pectinatus with attractive dead seed heads. Alchemilla pectinatus Callicarpa kwangtungensis in full flower, as are all the other Callicarpa in the tunnels. Callicarpa kwangtungensis Melicytus crassifolius covered in blotched…

6th April

…Prunus ‘Hally Jolivette’. Plagianthus betulinus and Prunus ‘Hally Jolivette’ Plagianthus betulinus close up. Plagianthus betulinus Halleria lucida is an extraordinary fuchsia like plant. Halleria lucida Melicytus obovatus with its multitude…

31st March

…‘Pendulum’ Magnolia ‘Kalleberg’ full out. Magnolia ‘Kalleberg’ Magnolia ‘Kalleberg’ What may or may not be Melicytus crassifolius definitely does not have the ‘usual’ tiny yellow flowers as you can see…

28th February

…Two pairs of English partridges spotted by Arthur Broom while ploughing at Trelonk. English partridges Melicytus crassifolius still covered in white berries. Melicytus crassifolius Salix gracilistyla ‘Mount Aso’ by the…

27th March

…out in Tin Garden. Paulownia fortunei Magnolia stellata ‘Jane Platt’. Magnolia stellata ‘Jane Platt’ This is labelled Pittosporum anomalum ‘Raven’ but it looks more like a Melicytus species with its…