5th August

…Sophora microphylla Pseudopanax crassifolius as a 10-12ft small tree. Pseudopanax crassifolius Pseudopanax crassifolius Pseudopanax laetus 12-15ft in height. Pseudopanax laetus Pseudopanax laetus The disease killing mature clumps of Cordyline australis…

19th August

…flowering properly for the first time here. Pseudopanax adiantifolius Pseudopanax adiantifolius Pseudopanax adiantifolius Pseudopanax adiantifolius A good cut back of the Hydrangeas near the 4-in-Hand and the brambles in these…

31st December

…today. Pseudopanax laetus Pseudopanax laetus Pseudopanax laetus Pseudopanax laetus Pseudopanax laetus 2018 – CHW First odd flowers on Camellia ‘Adelina Patti’. High up on the bush are two flowers of…

23rd August

…not a bad name for the new growth. Pseudopanax ‘Gold Finger’ Pseudopanax ‘Gecko Gold’ has plain green, younger leaves and yellow, variegated, older ones. Pseudopanax ‘Gecko Gold’ Pseudopanax ‘Gecko Gold’…

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 3)

…apparently. lichen lichen This, unbelievably, is Pseudopanax ferox in maturity with its mature trifoliate leaves. It has seeded itself here and there 100 to 200 yards away. Pseudopanax ferox Pseudopanax

31st October

…‘Paradise Blush’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Paradise Blush’ Jaimie has uplifted the Pseudopanax laetus near Donkey Shoe beside the ‘White Nun’s’. Pseudopanax laetus The unnamed x williamsii camellias below Tin Garden are…

8th December

Pseudopanax ferox. Looking in the latest RHS ‘Plantsman’ magazine they feature the bark of Pinus bungeana which has an equally attractive and not dissimilar patterning. Pseudopanax ferox Pseudopanax ferox Pseudopanax

12th December

…arrived in late July are still in full leaf. New Zealand acers New Zealand acers A fine crop of Pseudopanax ferox and Pseudopanax crassifolius from liners. Pseudopanax ferox Pseudopanax crassifolius…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 3)

…fully mature Pseudopanax crassifolius. Indeed a Record UK Tree. Pseudopanax crassifolius Pseudopanax crassifolius Pseudopanax crassifolius Abundent flowers on Pittosporum eugenioides ‘Variegatum’. Pittosporum eugenioides ‘Variegatum’ A large recently pollarded willow. pollarded…

15th February

…Attractive bark. Pseudopanax ferox Pseudopanax ferox New growth appearing on a defoliated Embothrium despite the recent cold. Embothrium Camellia tsai and Fitzroya cupressoides. Camellia tsai and Fitzroya cupressoides Alarmingly buds…