19th January

…just Trachycarpus fortunei but I have never seen the circle before? Trachycarpus fortunei with huge fan leaves Trachycarpus fortunei with huge fan leaves Trachycarpus fortunei with huge fan leaves Trachycarpus

4th May

…Magnolia x wieseneri with a couple of flowers out. Magnolia x wieseneri Magnolia x wieseneri Trachycarpus wagnerianus with its first flower clusters here. Quite impressive! ‘Penile’ at present. Trachycarpus wagnerianus…

16th May

…time to look it up. Trachycarpus Trachycarpus Loading the last lorry and away to Chelsea once again. Roy & last lorry load Chelsea 2018 – CHW The two huge branches…

18th May

…developing fast. Trachycarpus wagnerianus Trachycarpus wagnerianus The big new clump of Rhododendron lindleyi is just out. Very pink in bud. Rhododendron lindleyi Rhododendron lindleyi This (unnamed) Mahonia species was a…

21st June

…seed. Trachycarpus wagnerianus Trachycarpus wagnerianus Styrax wilsonii absolutely covered in flowers and the best show yet on our replacement plant for the old dead one outside the back yard. Styrax…

23rd July

…main stem. Fuchsia excorticata What a view of Cordyline, Trachycarpus and Phoenix. Cordyline, Trachycarpus and Phoenix Cordyline, Trachycarpus and Phoenix A bit of weeding to do here still! A bit…

20th January

…started. The naming has kindly been checked by The Palm Centre (www.palmcentre.co.uk) and this is where we have got to with the labelling so far. Trachycarpus princeps Trachycarpus princeps Trachycarpus

15th December

…Cornus capitata Trachycarpus wagnerianus showing up well in front of Olearia solandri. Trachycarpus wagnerianus Nearly all the leaf has fallen now on Styrax japonicus ‘Pendula’ with no decent show this…

27th February

…but now know I was wrong. Ilex kingiana Ilex kingiana Jaimie has staked the Trachycarpus wagnerianus trunk which blew over in a gale with half its roots out of the…

28th December

…‘Winter Orange’ splendid in the sun. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Storm Bella has partially blown over our Trachycarpus wagnerianus trunk. Trachycarpus wagnerianus Flowers, high up, on Camellia ‘Lulu Belle’. Camellia…