23rd June

…photographed today:Euphorbia choracias ‘Tasmanian Tiger’ seems very similar to Euphorbia ‘White Swan’ but if you like variegation this is one for you. Euphorbia choracias ‘Tasmanian Tiger’ Euphorbia choracias ‘Tasmanian Tiger’…

16th March

…out properly. Camellia ‘Valley Knudsen’ Camellia ‘Valley Knudsen’ Viola odorata flowering away nicely with strong scent. Viola odorata Euphorbia characias ‘Tasmanian Tiger’ just coming into flower. Better than ‘Ascot Rainbow’…

20th September

…gardens.A pleasant combination of Lobelia cardinalis ‘Queen Victoria’ and Aconitum carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’. Lobelia cardinalis ‘Queen Victoria’ and Aconitum carmichaelii ‘Arendsii’ Here is another – Euphorbia characias ‘Tasmanian Tiger’ and Heuchera…

25th November

…flower on Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ in the Isla Rose plantations. A bizarre find! Cercis chinensis ‘Avondale’ Athrotaxis selaginoides growing well below Sinogrande Walk. Planted 2009. Erect habit and a Tasmanian…

10th May

…decussata. The latter comes from Russian mountains and the former is from the Tasmanian mountains. Microcachrys tetragona Microcachrys tetragona A nice bit of propagation on Lonicera setifera. Lonicera setifera The…

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 3)

…supposedly imported with them from Tasmania. I have now seen so many tree ferns that I am heartily sick of them! Hymanophyllus ferns Hymanophyllus ferns Hymanophyllus ferns A rocky waterfall…

8th July

…coup in gardening terms. Magnolia tamaulipana Another Eucryphia x lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ with even larger flowers. This form was discovered in Tasmania. Eucryphia x lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Flowers on the…

7th May

…tree heather and comes from Tasmania. Growing now in the heat of the Isle Rose Plantation. Olearia floribunda Olearia floribunda Carpinus betulus ‘Rockhampton Red’. It’s the autumn leaves which go…

10th April

…over here and faded long since. Magnolia ‘Genie’ Pomaderis elliptica flowering for the second time here. A New Zealand / Tasmanian shrub with large panicles (as here) of yellow flowers….

15th November

…Shoe. Abies firma Abies firma Micocachrys tetragona, a rare conifer from Tasmania with a creeping, arching habit. Micocachrys tetragona Micocachrys tetragona Pinus wallichiana, the Bhutan pine, which I saw growing…