…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…

…record increase in size for any plant? I still do not really like them or it but never mind. Tetrapanax papifera Tetrapanax papifera Tetrapanax papifera Tetrapanax papifera 1996 – FJW…

…but you need real shelter to keep the huge leaves undamaged by the wind in winter. SCHEFFLERA taiwaniana SCHEFFLERA macrophylla SCHEFFLERA macrophylla TETRAPANAX papyrifer TETRAPANAX papyrifer Tetrapanax papyrifer – more…

…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’…

…Also 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…

…Diospyros lotus Diospyros lotus Tetrapanax 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!…

…tall as the original and now a dead stalk. One sucker is at least three yards from the original plant. Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ Magnolia globosa has three,…

…We saw a 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…

…Burncoose; 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….

…right beside Georges Hut between the two big michelias. Certainly an oddity which confirms my dislike of these plants from Taiwan. Tetrapanax papifera Tetrapanax papifera 1982 -FJW A very stormy…

…No flowers yet on Decaisnea insignis in Tin Garden. Decaisnea fargesii Decaisnea fargesii Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ nearing its best. Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ doing well…

…Both grow here too. Rhododendron prunifolium Rhododendron prunifolium The Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ again seems to have died (all four trunks) but, as usual, root suckers are just appearing which will…

…the garden itself at Osborne House. A fine clump of Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ with no cold damage from last winter. Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ Arisaema going to seed? Arisaema Salvia cacaliifolia…

…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…

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

…here by Christmas. In the nursery tunnel a few flowers in October! Camellia ‘Takanini’ Tetrapanax papyrifera ‘Rex’ with a flower developing. Growing on a hedge outside the old packing shed….

…are much as I planted them in 1991 and very little sign of any root suckers. The same is true of other clumps here and at Burncoose. Aesculus parviflora Tetrapanax…

…quercifolius from Hong Kong. Lithocarpus quercifolius Photinia serratifolia var. ardisiifolia. Photinia serratifolia var. ardisiifolia Photinia serratifolia var. ardisiifolia Tetrapanax ‘Rex’ hit by wind and rain. Tetrapanax ‘Rex’ Stachyurus macrocarpus with…

…more room to this rhododendron clump. Aesculus Brock teaches the other dogs to eat camellia flowers. Here a snack on ‘Takanini’! Brock Brock Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ has lost most of…

…last fortnight. Camellia lutchuensis Tetrapanax rex ‘Meifeng’ (NMWJ 14580) has lost all its leaves in the frost as one would expect. Tetrapanax rex ‘Meifeng’ (NMWJ 14580) Another evergreen unexpectedly dropping…