5th August

…Catalpa bignonoides Cordyline australis ‘Purpurea’ with huge seed heads. Cordyline australis ‘Purpurea’ Cordyline australis ‘Purpurea’ Cordyline australis ‘Purpurea’ A Cordyline australis tree or two alive and well here. Cordyline australis

April 2018 Irish trip ( Day 2)

…bark. Agathis australis Agathis australis Agathis australis Agathis australis The first view of the Italian garden. Italian garden Various views to the towering mountains nearby which we cannot really see…

25th July

…lovely light pink edges to the leaves and pink stripes. Cordyline australis ‘Pink Passion’ Cordyline australis ‘Pink Passion’ Cordyline australis ‘Salsa’ with red stripes and red edging. Cordyline australis ‘Salsa’…

3rd July

…of Polylepsis australis has suddenly died like its counterpart in the garden we saw three weeks ago. No obvious reason. Polylepsis australis Polylepsis australis Hydrangea involucrata ‘Viridescens’ is full out…

30th April

…‘Patriot’ New growth on Agathis australis. Agathis australis Supposedly a young Staphylea holocarpa (white) but I do not think so! Staphylea holocarpa Maakia chinensis with its attractive silvery new growth….

2nd May

…on its own and as good as Rhododendron cubittii or Rosa roxburgii. Polylepsis australis Polylepsis australis Polylepsis australis A good show on Azalea ‘Hotspur Red’ with its orange flash beside…

19th June

…this normally then die in the next year or so. Cordyline australis Cordyline australis Cordyline australis I do believe that the huge Magnolia dawsoniana outside the front gate is now…

9th June

…from 12.00 although only drizzle forecast from 3pm. A peculiar variegated deutzia growing outside the members pavilion. deutzia Two huge flowering Cordyline australis beyond the flower tent. Cordyline australis Large…

3rd August

…included: Cordyline australis ‘Salsa’ – nice but tender I assume. Cordyline australis ‘Salsa’ Cordyline australis ‘Pink Passion’ – quite similar to one which we do stock. Cordyline australis ‘Pink Passion’…

13th July

…that I have ever seen. Ten to twelve feet tall with a similar spread. Iochroma australis Iochroma australis An amazing display of hollyhocks. hollyhocks hollyhocks A 150 year old apple…