…rex – yet another big leaf. Rhododendron rex Rhododendron cinnarbarinum subsp xanthocodon ‘Purpurellum Group’ – perhaps my favourite colour. Half the superb clump has died since last year. Rhododendron cinnarbarinum…

…clump of suckers. Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’ Rabbits have nibbled a couple of the small suckers. It is the…

…‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ Eucryphia lucida is full out above the Auklandii Garden in full sun. Eucryphia milliganii is in bud and Eucryphia ‘Pink Cloud’ out as we saw last…

…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 coming out. Perhaps…

…shelter. Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’ Aristolochia californica (Californian Dutchman’s pipe) is shooting well from the base but most of it, growing through another plant, is well dead. We…

…Burncoose plant doing this two or so months ago. None are yet properly out. Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ The champion Cornish tree of Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’, which toppled…

…different? Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ The suckers on Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ have grown apace in the last two…

…never turns a hair and is flowering now as is a large one in a garden in Trevarrick. Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ Camellia ‘Cinnamon Sensation’ in shade. More…

…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 Aristolochia californica. Aristolochia californica…

…peculiar flowers. Sycoparrotia semidecidua Sycoparrotia semidecidua The Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ outside the old packing shed is now out in flower. The flower head and leaves look likely to be blown…