1st February

…UK. Metrosideros robusta Metrosideros robusta Metrosideros robusta Hebe ‘Wiri Image’ in flower (and these are the very last flowers) in a large pot outside the greenhouse. Hebe ‘Wiri Image’ Our…

7th April

…up next winter. Metrosideros Metrosideros Akebia quinata ‘Alba’ is now a dense mat of growth 20ft up this wall. You can clearly see the male and female flowers in the…

28th May

…much frost. We need to try this again here in the garden here. Metrosideros umbellata Metrosideros umbellata A ‘brutal’ sculpture which I thought looked like a cattle crush for camels!…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 5)

…Views from inside Views from inside A massive Metrosideros excelsa and aerial roots. Metrosideros excelsa Metrosideros excelsa Viewing across the lake below. Viewing across the lake Statues by the gate…

15th May

…the scent or, today, a wet arse! Thymus citriodorus ‘Archer’s Gold’ Thymus citriodorus ‘Archer’s Gold’ Aeonium canariense. Aeonium canariense Metrosideros excelsa about to flower in the teeth of the wind….

16th May

…like a holly so naming to confirm by Susyn here also. Ilex fargesii subsp. fargesii var. fargesii Ilex fargesii subsp. fargesii var. fargesii This Metrosideros robusta has been grown on…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 3)

…the Caerhays plants. Eucryphia cordifolia Rhododendron ‘Etta Burrows’. Rhododendron ‘Etta Burrows’ Rhododendron ‘Etta Burrows’ Metrosideros excelsa growing away happily outside. Supplied by Burncoose in 2016. Who would have thought you…

24th March

…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 leaves on Pittosporum…

16th July

…Eriogynum beginning. Big Maddeni in quarry nursery very fine, also Metrosideros. Big wall rose fine. Not much else. Rabdotum just over, a few whites coming. 1935 – JCW Very hot…

19th July

…been outstanding. 1963 – FJW Metrosideros lucida flowering very well indeed. 1927 – JCW Buddleia’s nice 3-4 varieties. Plagianthus good. Romneya very good. American Pillars out a month is now…