…it died in a cold winter mid-1970’s or thereabouts. Outside Tresco and the Penzance area one of the very few Metrosideros to have achieved maturity in the UK. Metrosideros robusta…

…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…

…here. Metrosideros umbellata Metrosideros umbellata A ‘brutal’ sculpture which I thought looked like a cattle crush for camels! Fortunately Tregothnan’s representative made a ruder comment. ‘brutal’ sculpture 2020 – CHW…

…just been dug out). Forty years ago a mature Metrodsideros tree grew here and was spectacular in the summer. Asia will need to fleece it up next winter. Metrosideros Metrosideros…

…Aeonium canariense. Aeonium canariense Metrosideros excelsa about to flower in the teeth of the wind. Metrosideros excelsa The garden above the theatre. The garden above the theatre 2023 – CHW…

…fargesii subsp. fargesii var. fargesii This Metrosideros robusta has been grown on under cover for several years but has now been planted outside exactly where its huge predecessor once grew…

…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…

…us: Coprosma ‘Autumn Orange’ Coprosma 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….

…nursery very fine, also Metrosideros. Big wall rose fine. Not much else. Rabdotum just over, a few whites coming. 1935 – JCW Very hot and dry for a long time,…

…fully. This lovely evergreen oak is easy from cuttings. Quercus acuta Quercus acuta Quercus acuta 1990 – FJW Lapageria out. Wilson’s fortunei (discolor) has been outstanding. 1963 – FJW Metrosideros…