23rd May

…of it I am not sure it has actually flowered here before? Tetradium daniellii Tetradium daniellii Tetradium daniellii Tetradium daniellii The champion tree Magnolia ‘Yellow Fever’ still has quite a…

19th July

…very end of long twigs. Will not forget next year. Stewartia pseudocamellia A young plant of Tetradium fraxinifolium is doing well. Purplish-black hue to the leaf stalks. Tetradium fraxinifolium Tetradium

6th August

…grown here as far as I know. Tetradium ruticarpum Tetradium ruticarpum Burncoose conservatory decked out with 70 to 80 different hydrangea flowers for the RHS hydrangea lecture. A full house…

8th April

…‘Toro’ The rare Maddenia hypoleuca flowering away for the second time. Maddenia hypoleuca Maddenia hypoleuca Ilex ficiodea covered in bud. Ilex ficiodea Tetradium fraxinifolium (KWJ 12091) appears to be evergreen…

27th May

…tailed tits nest Styrax formosanus var. hayatainus just coming out. Styrax formosanus var. hayatainus Styrax shiraianus making great headway. Styrax shiraianus Styrax shiraianus New growth on Tetradium var. fraxinifolium. Tetradium

15th July

…polyneura Carpinus orientalis with plenty too but not so attractive. Carpinus orientalis Tetradium aff. fraxinifolia had looked dead but now huge bronze new leaves. Tetradium aff. fraxinifolia Tristanopsis laurina making…

12th September

…sort out.Hoya lanceolata subsp. bella in flower. Hoya lanceolata subsp. bella Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Charles Lemont’ out already. Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Charles Lemont’ Tetradium daniellii showing autumn colours. Tetradium daniellii…

15th September

…website. Holboellia latifolia var. chartacea The seed heads on Tetradium ruticarpum are still not ripe but they have now turned red. Tetradium ruticarpum Flowers again on Salvia dombeyi. Extraordinarily pretty…

10th November

…green. Carpinus orientalis Tetradium aff. fraxinifolium (KWJ 1209) is developing slowly. Tetradium aff. fraxinifolium (KWJ 1209) Lindera angustifolia might have been a good show a day or two ago. Lindera…

2nd December

…be grown on a steep bank. Camellia sasanqua ‘Waterfall Pink’ A good young plant of Cupressus tortulosa. Nice peeling bark on the young stem. Cupressus tortulosa Cupressus tortulosa Tetradium aff….

7th December

…daisy like. Tristaniopsis laurina Tetradium fraxinifolium (KWJ 12091) remains firmly evergreen unlike other species. Tetradium fraxinifolium (KWJ 12091) First colour showing on Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ above the greenhouses….

18th January

…the garden. Anything evergreen gets nibbled – here a Viburnum. 3 roe deer seen today Tetradium var. fraxinifolium (KWJ 1209) is untouched by the winter thus far and is growing…

26th April

…missed out on other record Rowallane trees this time around – Podocarpus spinulosus, Tetradium glabrifolium and Malus trilobata. Labelling at Rowallane very much better than at most NT gardens but…