18th July

…new growth though. Podocarpus ‘Green Queen’ Podocarpus ‘Jill’ Podocarpus ‘Jill’ Podocarpus x ‘Spring Sunshine’ is trying to become a small and rather floppy tree. Podocarpus x ‘Spring Sunshine’ Hydrangea quercifolia…

6th May 1897 – 2020

…live up to its name. Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Podocarpus ‘County Park Fire’ not quite into new growth yet. Podocarpus ‘County Park Fire’ Podocarpus ‘County Park Fire’ Viburnum odoratissimum full out…

6th October

…these are quite reachable and collectable by Asia. Liriodendron chinense Podocarps ripening up on Podocarpus henkelii. Podocarpus henkelii Schefflera delavayi just gets better and better. When can we grow more…

31st May 1897 – 2020

…has been much later in the season. Podocarpus ‘Young Rusty’ Podocarpus ‘Young Rusty’ Purplish stroboli in profusion on this green leaved male podocarpus quite near ‘Young Rusty’. What might growing…

16th March 1897 – 2020

…look better when the new growth emerges. Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Pseudotaxus chienii looks a bit insipid. Pseudotaxus chienii Pseudotaxus chienii Pseudotaxus…

22nd April

…a holly, but it is in fact Griselinia jodonifolia. Griselinia jodonifolia Griselinia jodonifolia Cryptocarya alba Cryptocarya alba Another unknown Podocarpus species. Podocarpus milanjianus. Podocarpus milanjianus Podocarpus milanjianus Podocarpus spinulosus Podocarpus

6th July

…and the flower stalks appear. We have plenty of plants in the nursery so this will go back into the new catalogue. Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’ Podocarpus elongatus ‘Blue Chip’…

2nd August

…covered in new growth. Podocarpus falcatus Podocarpus falcatus Rhododendron maddenii was out 10 days ago but already plenty of tall new growth. Rhododendron maddenii Podocarpus spinulosus with attractive light blue…

11th August

…papyrifer ‘Rex’ getting going after a couple of previous failures near George’s Hut. Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ Podocarpus matudae covered in still green podocarps. Podocarpus matudae Podocarpus matudae Afrocarpus falcatus (Podocarpus

24th May 1897 – 2020

Podocarpus ‘Otari’ Podocarpus ‘Otari’ Podocarpus ‘Otari’ Plenty of flowers still showing up on the extraordinary blue Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Patriot’. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Patriot’…

26th March

…Picrasma quassiodes Podocarpus totara – a record tree. Podocarpus totara Podocarpus totara Betula ermanii ‘Mt Hokkoda Honshia’ with attractive bark. Betula ermanii ‘Mt Hokkoda Honshia’ Cupressus lusitanica – another new…

18th December

…now well out. Camellia x williamsii ‘Monica Dance’ A few early flowers on Rhododendron ‘Chink’. Rhododendron ‘Chink’ Podocarpus henkelii with ripe podocarps. Podocarpus henkelii Podocarpus henkelii 2024 – CHW The…

8th April 1897 – 2020

…Asia’s cuttings from Tregrehan. Almost a red stripe to the edge of the new leaves. Impressive! Podocarpus wongii Podocarpus wongii Hydrangea lobbii out in the greenhouse already. Very delicate and…

13th February

…rompinig ahead above the greenhouse. Podocarpus parlatorei As is Podocarpus lambertii. Podocarpus lambertii Camellia ‘Fairy Bush’ set in front of a young Quercus ilex. Camellia ‘Fairy Bush’ 2024 – CHW…

13th May

…male Podocarpus matudae. Podocarpus matudae Podocarpus spinulosus also has attractive new growth today. Podocarpus spinulosus Magnolia ‘Copeland Court’ was cut back by the Beast from the East in 2018. After…

1st June

…out spectacularly on Podocarpus matudae for a few days as the plant responds to rain. Podocarpus matudae Not bad on Podocarpus macrophylla either. (P. macrophylla ‘Aurea’ seems to have much…

3rd September

…week on and more orange now on Acer palmatum ‘Sango kaku’. Acer palmatum ‘Sango kaku’ The south facing Podocarpus salignus is quite a sight with its drooping branches. Podocarpus salignus…

7th September

…the spring, has made good new growth. Podocarpus lambertii As has the rather more drooping in habit Podocarpus parlatorei. Podocarpus parlatorei Berries already ripening on the Ilex dimorphophylla and plenty…

10th October

…This was previously called Ilex insignis. In the clump of three elderly hollies by the Podocarpus salignus clump we probably have one Ilex kingiana and two Ilex dipyrena. The two…

15th October

…with late secondary new growth. Podocarpus parlatorei Podocarpus lambertii far less vigorous. Podocarpus lambertii Diospyros cathayensis. Diospyros cathayensis Seeds from Magnolia globosa. Magnolia globosa Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’ at its very…