25th July

…age and shows no sign yet of flowering. Agave americana Agave americana Agave americana Agave americana Agave americana Pimm’s and some alcoholic Mexican concoction made from the juice of agave…

29th July

…two more dying Agave americana. Agave americana Agave americana Chitalpa tashkentensis flowering sparsely as a small tree on a hot dry bank. Chitalpa tashkentensis Chitalpa tashkentensis Eucomis bicolor in an…

22nd February

…a position as you could possibly imagine. Agave americana and Fascicularia Agave americana and Fascicularia Chamaerops humilis showing no worries either. Chamaerops humilis Agave americana ‘Variegata’ with a fraction more…

26th June

…below Tin Garden. This rare small shrub, known as the ‘cliff bush’, was first introduced to the UK in 1862. Not a showstopper but unusual. Jamesia americana Jamesia americana Jamesia…

1st August

…Helenium ‘Sombrero’ Lonicera x americana Lonicera x americana Lonicera x americana Lonicera x americana Lonicera perc ‘Graham Thomas’ Lonicera perc ‘Graham Thomas’ Lonicera perc ‘Graham Thomas’ Lonicear x heckrotii ‘Gold…

1st July

…rare deciduous north American species with some hydrangea like characteristics, is just coming out. Jamesia americana Jamesia americana Another young clump of Rhododendron maddenia with overpowering scent. Rhododendron maddenia Rhododendron…

5th July

…putting up their huge flowering stems before they die. Agave americana Agave americana Agapanthus ‘Whitney’ was a standout white form which they had for sale in their tiny and not…

10th July

…gnawed as you can see. magnolias magnolias Greenish lizards under the agave plantation. lizards Agave americana in flower at 25ft in front of Washingtonia robusta. Agave americana Several Fucraea longaeva…

23rd August

…splitting seed heads. Euonymus planipes Lonicera x americana still nicely in flower. Lonicera x americana Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’ with what looks like a secondary flowering. Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’…

28th December

…called. I speculated Phytolacca americana but that has berries not seed heads like this so that was way out as a guess. Needs to be pulled out to stop it…