23rd July

…dilleniifolia and making them species in their own right. We first looked at Araucaria angustifolia from Brazil. Araucaria angustifolia Araucaria angustifolia Then, beside it, Araucaria bidwillii (ex Queensland, Australia). The…

28th June

…faced earth bank. Another one for the national survey on surviving elms. Ulmus minor subsp. angustifolia (or Ulmus carpinifolia var. cornubiensis). Ulmus minor subsp. angustifolia Ulmus minor subsp. angustifolia Ulmus…

23rd April

angustifolia in full flower against a blue sky – about 30 feet in height. Lindera angustifolia Zara with an Easter egg. Zara with an Easter egg The end of the…

26th June

angustifolia (FMWJ 13156) is developing attractive bark and the red stemmed newer growth is interesting too. (The flowers less so!) Lindera angustifolia (FMWJ 13156) Lindera angustifolia (FMWJ 13156) Lindera angustifolia

28th July

…doing well but not as well as these. Brahea armata Brahea armata Hoheria angustifolia just out as it usually has been here in mid-July. Hoheria angustifolia A new creation which…

30th July

…5 species of Hoheria but the volume of flowers on this 30 year old tree is prodigious. Hoheria angustifolia Hoheria angustifolia 2022 – CHW Visited a garden near Sidbury today…

6th August

…x michauxii Pyrus x michauxii Hoheria angustifolia in full flower. Hoheria angustifolia Hoheria angustifolia Hoheria angustifolia Correa bachhousiana with its first two flowers out very early and loads of buds…

8th January

…Semi-evergreen in Cornwall (as we have seen before) and one of the most vigorous and quick growing trees. Nice bark too. Lindera angustifolia Lindera angustifolia Lindera angustifolia Ripe and ripening…

12th March 1897 – 2020

…flowers and better than I have ever seen before. Phillyrea angustifolia Phillyrea angustifolia Phillyrea angustifolia Rhododendron ‘Praecox’ – a particularly good flowering form although completely deciduous here. Rhododendron ‘Praecox’ Rhododendron…

12th October

angustifolia with ever growing cones. Araucaria angustifolia Araucaria angustifolia Secondary flowers on Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ in 40 Acres. Ripe seed on the same tree. Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ The first flowers…

24th March 1897 – 2020

…in better shape. No real harm here I suspect although no leaves remain. Hoheria angustifolia Hoheria angustifolia Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ has started a leaf drop too. I suspect not…

10th January

…buds and perhaps more semi-evergreen. Very quick growing indeed. Lindera angustifolia Lindera angustifolia A large elderly Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ in the new Rookery clearing. Camellia x williamsii ‘George…

23rd December

…usual this year. I checked on Sunday and these have appeared in the last 4 days. Rhododendron mucronulatum 2020 – CHW Lindera angustifolia is finally showing some leaf colouring but…

8th December

…autumn colour. Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticleer’ 2023 – CHW The gigantic cones on Araucaria angustifolia have just turned black and are now ripe but not yet disintegrating. Araucaria angustifolia Araucaria angustifolia

8th August

…leaf Rhododendrons Plenty of elm-like pink seeds on Dipteronia sinensis. Dipteronia sinensis Dipteronia sinensis Hoheria angustifolia is covered in flowers high up the now 30 foot tall tree. Hoheria angustifolia

7th August

…nearly as good (in August) as M. ‘Star Wars’. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Hoheria angustifolia was full out at Ventnor but only now just starting to show here. Hoheria angustifolia Hoheria angustifolia

3rd August

…Hoheria angustifolia is now 25-30ft tall with dense foliage and tiny leaves but, today, the tree is plastered in flower as you can see here. Hoheria angustifolia Hoheria angustifolia I…

30th May

…try if it is hardy enough? Araucaria bidwillii has survived but I have lost this species before. Araucaria angustifolia Araucaria angustifolia Outstanding in the nursery today were: Iris ‘Jane Phillips’…

4th April

…13156). The tree has grown extraordinarily quickly, is semi-evergreen, and absolutely plastered in flower high up at 15-18ft. Attractive yellow flowers against the reddish stems. Lindera angustifolia Lindera angustifolia Another…

24th August

…on Araucaria angustifolia are soon going to snap off the branch they are growing on. Araucaria angustifolia 2022 – CHW Jamie’s new form squirrel traps on legs with 3 holes…