9th July

…reddish sheath. Puya dyckiodes Puya dyckiodes Puya dyckiodes Puya chilensis and Puya berteronica self-crossed I think but splendid. Puya chilensis and Puya berteronica self-crossed Puya chilensis and Puya berteronica self-crossed…

5th July

…and Puya berteroniana Puya chilensis and Puya berteroniana Puya chilensis and Puya berteroniana Podanthus ovalifolius not quite out. Podanthus ovalifolius Schinus lentiscifolius is another rare but dull species of Schinus…

23rd July

…flower spike with just two fading yellowish flowers on Puya mirabilis. Puya mirabilis Puya mirabilis Huge flowers on the very dwarf growing Hypericum olympicum ‘Citrinum’. Hypericum olympicum ‘Citrinum’ The ‘bamboo…

27th July

…germinated well. Puya chilensis Puya chilensis Puya chilensis Colletia hystrix growing as large as I have ever seen it. Colletia hystrix Colletia hystrix Peumus boldus as a large evergreen tree…

7th July

…Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea Eucalyptus leucoxylon rosea Puya dyckioides Puya dyckioides Puya dyckioides Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Callistemon ‘Mauve Mist’ Strelitzia reginae in flower outside on a dry bank…

20th November

…of Puya venusta have grown on extremely well in a year. Puya venusta Puya venusta Autumn colour on Stachyurus praecox better than I have ever seen it. Stachyurus praecox Stachyurus…

29th July

…americana More dead and finished flower spikes on Puya berteronica. Puya berteronica Puya berteronica Freylinia lanceolata in full growth. Too early in the year for its tubular flowers. Freylinia lanceolata…

10th March

…run the propagation department last summer. Rhododendron seed of scores of varieties now sown. Rhododendron seed A fine crop of pricked out Puya seedlings. We have never managed results like…

11th July

…Ligustrum lucidum Superb crop of styrax species recently potted on from the main seed bench. styrax Tray upon tray of recently pricked out and potted on seedlings. seedlings seedlings Puya

12th September

…rhododendron seedlings all now pricked out and ready to pot on next spring. rhododendron seedlings The puya are also showing well albeit slowly. puya Metapanax davidii with its first seed…