…black flowers emerging from a 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…

…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 to…

…flowers on Puya mirabilis. Puya mirabilis Puya mirabilis Huge flowers on the very dwarf growing Hypericum olympicum ‘Citrinum’. Hypericum olympicum ‘Citrinum’ The ‘bamboo fern’, Coniogramme japonica ‘Flavomaculata’, are still tiny…

…seeds we pinched here last year have germinated well. Puya chilensis Puya chilensis Puya chilensis Colletia hystrix growing as large as I have ever seen it. Colletia hystrix Colletia hystrix…

…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 Freylinia lanceolata A flower bud…

…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…

…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 Strelitzia…

…Puya chilensis grown originally from Ventnor Botanics seed. Puya chilensis Repairs to storm damage to the shelter netting on outside beds. shelter netting I have never seen the Camellia x…

…since her arrival to 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…

…have walked down the river from beside the lake. young heifer Then to Trebah for a Great Gardens of Cornwall photocall. Three spikes of Puya chilensis but only one still…

…from the main seed bench. styrax Tray upon tray of recently pricked out and potted on seedlings. seedlings seedlings Puya chilensis from seed. Puya chilensis Unbelievable germination of magnolia seedlings…

…ready to pot on next spring. rhododendron seedlings The puya are also showing well albeit slowly. puya Metapanax davidii with its first seed head. Another obscure novelty to go out…

…beech trees Orange berries just starting to show up Cotoneaster conspicuus. Cotoneaster conspicuus Hoya carnosa in the greenhouse. Hoya carnosa Our seed grown Puya have moved on from being tiny…

…on the agave bank alone where the plant is long dead and/or the label is obviously on the wrong plant. Nearly all the mature agave (not to mention the Puya…

…one or two oaks look bad which I fear is the aftermath of two very dry summers even by Ventnor standards. Only 1 Puya flower stalk that I saw this…

…unlike Fatsia japonica. Fatsia polycarpa Fatsia polycarpa Dasilioron mequeriomexensis – looks like a puya. Dasilioron mequeriomexensis These would be available to us at trade prices. Coming on for the future…

…visit is exactly the same time as last year much is over. The Echiums are absolutely over as are the Cistus, Puya and most of the Callistemon. Many of the…