…Rhododendron thompsonii Rhododendron thompsonii Rhododendron martinianum which has died out at Caerhays. Rhododendron martinianum Rhododendron wardii – the best yellow species? Rhododendron wardii Rhododendron wardii Rhododendron rex ssp rex –…

…growth and indumentum on the new shoots is impressive as is the developing clump of suckers. Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyifera…

…to be dead but we have several suckers growing well away from the old stem and a cluster of new shoots near the base. Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’…

…labelled at all which is absurd in a National Trust garden with 400,000 visitors a year. Rhododendron rex Rhododendron rex View across the lake View across lake Halesia diptera just…

…dead where the wind got it is Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’. Alive however where there was more shelter. Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’ Aristolochia californica (Californian Dutchman’s pipe) is shooting…

…papyrifera ‘Rex’. The old trunks have died and vigorous new suckers have appeared in the border. Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ I was right! It is an aristolochia called…

…at least three yards from the original plant. Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ Magnolia globosa has three, as yet unripe, seed pods. Larger than last year’s and important to…

…its swelling flower buds. So far, despite the gales, no leaf loss in the crown at all. Michelia doltsopa Michelia doltsopa The Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ has thrown up two flower…

…‘Rex’ cut to the ground again in the cold. The side stems and the main stems are suddenly leafless. This was not a very hardy form or clone compared to…

…is true of other clumps here and at Burncoose. Aesculus parviflora Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ getting going after a couple of previous failures near George’s Hut. Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ Podocarpus matudae…

…‘Aureomarginata’ Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata’ Daphne odora ‘Aureomarginata’ Sycoparrotia semidecidua full out with its peculiar flowers. Sycoparrotia semidecidua Sycoparrotia semidecidua The Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ outside the old packing shed is now…

Return to 27th April. Rhododendron arizelum Rhododendron vernicosum (Rock 18139) Rhododendron rex Rhododendron platypodum Rhododendron habrotrichium (F 27343) Rhododendron hyperythrum Rhododendron pingianum Rhododendron rex ssp. fictolacteum (R 22227) Rhododendron argyrophyllum…

…hardly opened at all in the last fortnight. Camellia lutchuensis Tetrapanax rex ‘Meifeng’ (NMWJ 14580) has lost all its leaves in the frost as one would expect. Tetrapanax rex ‘Meifeng’…

…Here a snack on ‘Takanini’! Brock Brock Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ has lost most of its leaves. Wind rather than frost. Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ Podocarpus matudae (female) with a great Christmas…

…Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ with no cold damage from last winter. Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ Arisaema going to seed? Arisaema Salvia cacaliifolia – introduced 1858. Salvia cacaliifolia Salvia involucrata ‘Mrs Pope’. Salvia…

…papyrifera ‘Rex’ with a flower developing. Growing on a hedge outside the old packing shed. Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ 2017 – CHW Ripe yellowish orange berries now on Pourthiaea beauverdiana var….

…Shadow’ Fothergilla intermedia ‘Blue Shadow’ Fothergilla intermedia ‘Blue Shadow’ 2019 – CHW The Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ outside the Old Packing Shed at Burncoose has decided to put up a huge…

…moto). Magnolia kwangtungensis Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ root shoots have escaped the grass cut. Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ Viburnum triphyllum from Crûg has made a large shrub. Viburnum triphyllum Viburnum triphyllum Xanthoceras…

…garden hidden away at the back of Seaview. Palms and Dasylirion. Palms and Dasylirion A fine Tertapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’. Tertapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ Acer palmatum ‘Crippsii’ is not common at all….

…due to the colour of the former and the name of the latter! Both grow here too. Rhododendron prunifolium Rhododendron prunifolium The Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ again seems to have died…