…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 Metrosideros robusta Metrosideros robusta Hebe…

…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! Fortunately Tregothnan’s representative made a…

…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…

…fleece it 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…

…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 I was invited…

…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…

…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…

…on with these dull plant puzzles. Nick left the following plants with us: Coprosma ‘Autumn Orange’ Coprosma grandiflora Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus obovata Myrsine aquilonia Pittosporum michei Metrosideros ‘Mistral’ Aristolochia delavayi…

…Quercus acuta Quercus acuta Quercus acuta 1990 – FJW Lapageria out. Wilson’s fortunei (discolor) has been outstanding. 1963 – FJW Metrosideros lucida flowering very well indeed. 1927 – JCW Buddleia’s…

…quarry 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…