13th April

…to dig them out would make too much damage to the walls. cleared the whole clump of laurel Grevillea lonigera ‘Mount Tamboritha’ nicely out. Grevillea lonigera ‘Mount Tamboritha’ Cardiocrinum giganteum…

29th April

…Stewart has its own nursery growing replacement plants. We saw a huge bed of Rh. thomsonii grown from seed. The front of Mount Stewart House. The front of Mount Stewart…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 5)

…not resemble the Ventnor plant? Bowkeria verticillata The party with the baboons. The party with the baboons Mount Stewart looking back from the loch. Mount Stewart looking back from the…

19th June

…The Salix ‘Mount Aso’ flowering here for the first time in March was a good pink but this is better. What is the third plant which we have with Mount

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 4)

…red. Rhododendron ‘Queen of Hearts’ Ipheion naturalised in grass and very effective. Ipheion Ipheion Mount Congreve House now empty but soon to house a restaurant and exhibition halls. Mount Congreve…

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…

5th March

…A bit of dung around the roots would help. Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ 2015 – CHW Magnolia ‘Strybing White’ Following a visit to Mount Congreve gardens in Eire…

18th February

…first time. This is a new New Zealand hybrid which is performing well. Not yet in the Burncoose catalogue but will be soon. Magnolia ‘Mount Pironga’ Magnolia ‘Mount Pironga’ Magnolia…

27th February

…‘Cleopatra’ I suspect but very nice none the less. Magnolia ‘Mount Pironga’ Magnolia ‘Mount Pironga’ Further on another Magnolia ‘Lanarth’ seedling which is flowering much more prolifically than ever before….

22nd September

…have silky pinkish-red catkins. Planted by the old dog kennels. Salix gracilistyla ‘Mount Aso’ Salix gracilistyla ‘Mount Aso’ Zelkova sicula curana has established well in its first year. A rare…