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

…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 fraxinifolium Schefflera myriocarpa has…

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

…but flowering well. Leptospermum ‘Red Damask’ Leptospermum ‘Red Damask’ Carpinus polyneura with reddish secondary new growth. Carpinus polyneura Carpinus orientalis with plenty too but not so attractive. Carpinus orientalis Tetradium

25th July

…Crinodendron patagua A young Tetradium daniellii with its first flower. Tetradium daniellii Hypericum henryi subsp. hancockii just about over. Hypericum henryi subsp. hancockii Hypericum henryi subsp. hancockii Diospyros cathayensis in…

12th September

…x bodnantense ‘Charles Lemont’ Tetradium daniellii showing autumn colours. Tetradium daniellii Quercus imbricata with nice tints too. Quercus imbricata Arbutus unedo ‘Rubra’ nearly over with most flowers already dropped. The…

15th September

…of Holboellia. Anyway Asia now has plenty of plants coming on, in time, for the Burncoose website. Holboellia latifolia var. chartacea The seed heads on Tetradium ruticarpum are still not…

10th November

…Nyssa leptophylla. Nyssa leptophylla Nyssa leptophylla Carpinus orientalis still completely green. Carpinus orientalis Tetradium aff. fraxinifolium (KWJ 1209) is developing slowly. Tetradium aff. fraxinifolium (KWJ 1209) Lindera angustifolia might have…

2nd December

…A good young plant of Cupressus tortulosa. Nice peeling bark on the young stem. Cupressus tortulosa Cupressus tortulosa Tetradium aff. fraxinifolium (KWJ 12091) seems evergreen. Tetradium aff. fraxinifolium The Cornus…

7th December

…here of Tristaniopsis laurina in September. The flowers were yellow and daisy like. Tristaniopsis laurina Tetradium fraxinifolium (KWJ 12091) remains firmly evergreen unlike other species. Tetradium fraxinifolium (KWJ 12091) First…

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…