26th August

…propagate. Tibouchina paratropica Tibouchina paratropica 2019 – CHW Quillaja saponaria (soap bark tree) is now 8-10ft tall but rather floppy in growth in the Rookery. Not the right place for…

7th September

…in June has decided to flower out of season. Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Shiro-kapitan’ Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Shiro-kapitan’ Tibouchina urvillana at its best. Tibouchina urvillana Tibouchina urvillana Tibouchina urvillana Abeliophyllum distichum flowering four…

7th November

…2016 – CHW A few things nicely out in the nursery today in the sun. More than you might think actually. Tibouchina orangensis – huge flower! Tibouchina orangensis Tibouchina orangensis…

23rd November

…full flower. This is a wall shrub or near climber for the greenhouse or (just) outside in shelter in Cornwall. Tibouchina urvilleana Tibouchina urvilleana 2020 – CHW Cornus capitata with…

21st September

…seed pods Euonymus bungeanus Buddleia heliophylla Buddleia heliophylla Paul Bonavia:A huge stock plant of Tibouchina urvilleana (we were selling Tibouchina orangensis) Tibouchina urvilleana Treseders Nursery:Cuphea ignea Cuphea ignea Cuphea ignea…

6th June

…hyplencoides Quercus hyplencoides Deutzia longifolia in Nick Lock’s display. Deutzia longifolia Polygonatum vietnamensis on the Tregrehan display. Polygonatum vietnamensis A new species of Tibouchina grossa (BSWJ10758) on the Crûg stand…

14th November

…Pittosporum tunnel restocked. Pittosporum tunnel Salvia ‘Waverley’ still in full flower. Salvia ‘Waverley’ Salvia ‘Waverley’ Tibouchina urvilleana ‘Variegata’ Tibouchina urvilleana ‘Variegata’ Itea virginica ‘Merlot’ with autumn colours. Itea virginica ‘Merlot’…

16th August

…looking good at the nursery today:- – Tibouchina urvilleana. – Senna corymbose. – Clethra alnifolia. Tibouchina urvilleana Senna corymbose Clethra alnifolia Surprised to see choisya x dewitteana ‘White Dazzler’ in…

20th July

…in flower and ‘foxglove-like’. Isoplexis canariensis Tibouchina rossa (BSWJ 10758) really is an exceptional colour. Easy to propagate from cuttings says Bleddyn so let us get at it. Tibouchina rossa…

19th September

…Flurry’. Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Rainbow’. Camellia sasanqua ‘Rainbow’ Tibouchina urvilleana and Tweedia caerulea out together. Tibouchina urvilleana and Tweedia caerulea Viburnum setigerum covered in seeds. 2022 – CHW…