22nd July

…giraldii ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa psilocalyx is clearly the most tender of the three species growing in Tin Garden and in the Isla Rose Plantation. Much dieback…

4th July

…really good show. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ The rather rarer Callicarpa shirasawana nearby not yet out and nowhere as impressive although the berries are. Callicarpa…

27th April

…not look a neriiflorum shape. Rhododendron phaedropum Malus ‘Royalty’ flowering in the Isla Rose Plantation. Planted last December. Malus ‘Royalty’ Malus ‘Profusion’ likewise. Malus ‘Profusion’ Malus ‘Profusion’ This is labelled…

19th July

…hedge bedstraw in full flower – Gallium album growing in profusion at the top of Herreswater. Gallium album Gallium album Deutzia pulchra just going over. Deutzia pulchra Cornus kousa ‘Milky…

27th September

…with the leaves still green. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ The Cornwall champion tree of Osmanthus heterophyllus (by girth) is nicely scented and producing a good show on what…

1st October

…Garden. last grass cut Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ takes some beating as a garden plant in the autumn. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Rhus punjabensis is suckering after the wind…

7th October

…Callicarpa membranacea putting on a good show. Callicarpa membranacea Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ simply splendid. Everyone should grow this even if the leaves are still present today. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa…

24th August

…the front door for a second time as the cyclamen are out all over and the knapweed feeding butterflies in profusion. butterflies butterflies Hedychium coronarium just out as the next…

7th January

…amount of leaves. Carpinus caroliniana has finally shed all its leaves but only in the last week. Carpinus rankanensis Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ still keeps all its berries and remains a…

16th November

…sasanqua ‘Winter’s Dream’ Berries turning colour now in profusion on Ilex perado subsp. perado. Ilex perado subsp. perado First time flowering that I have seen of Azalea ‘Glendoick Glacier’ –…

28th October

…as dappled colours on the fading leaves. Callicarpa kwangtungensis Callicarpa kwangtungensis Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ – nothing beats these bronze/purple fruits but no autumn colour yet. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Firmania simplex…

2nd September

…flower. Hydrangea aspera Vigorous reshooting from the fallen and pollarded Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’. Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ Seedpods forming on Lomatia ferruginea in profusion. Lomatia ferruginea Very few seed heads have…

7th August

…overpowering. A wonderful crop of flowers despite the dry summer. sweet peas Leslie’s begonias. Leslie’s begonias Leslie’s begonias Buddleia ‘White Profusion’ behind Dicksonia antarctica – a good combination. Buddleia ‘White…

24th July

…first time we have seen seedpods on Sophora japonica ‘Sun King’. Sophora japonica ‘Sun King’ Flower clusters in profusion not yet out on Aextoxicon punctatum. Aextoxicon punctatum Aextoxicon punctatum Tilia…

15th June

…nursery where I met APHA (Plant Health) today. Anemone ‘White Swan’ much earlier into flower than expected. Anemone ‘White Swan’ Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ also very early to be out. Callicarpa…

21st May

…landscapes cliff landscapes cliff landscapes Wonderful to see Armeria maritima growing and flowering in such profusion. Armeria maritima I think this is ‘Bladder Campion’, Silene vulgaris ssp. vulgaris, in huge…

13th April

…Flowers just out on Malus ‘Profusion’ which looks a bit battered from the winter. Malus ‘Profusion’ Prunus ‘Gyoiko’ is a peculiar mix of green and white in enormous flower trusses…

26th September

…smothered in grass. newly planted trees Acers starting to show autumn colour above the greenhouse. Acers Acers Pinkish and white pampas grass flowers in profusion on the lake. pampas grass…

30th July

…see the end results there: Wisteria setting runner bean-like seeds. I do not think I have ever seen this in Cornwall, very seldom elsewhere and never in such profusion. Wisteria…

3rd August

…that different from others taken on this Isle of Wight trip? Rudbeckia ‘Peking’ Rudbeckia ‘Peking’ Sisyrinchium ‘E K Balls’ – almost a rockery plant but striking blue flowers in profusion….