…earlier than usual. Catalpa bignonoides 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…

…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…

…these are too high up to see properly. Cordyline australis Cordyline australis Cordyline australis Philadelphus sericanthus. Philadelphus sericanthus Tail end flowers on Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’. Magnolia ‘Ossie’s Yellow’ Magnolia ‘Ossie’s…

…trailing hydrangea. trailing hydrangea Cyathea australis Cyathea australis Cyathea australis Cyathea medullaris. We could not begin the grow this outside. Cyathea medullaris An amazing clump of Agathis australis outside. In…

…Passion’ with 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…

…drive 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…

…wisteria now nearly full out. wisteria now nearly full out wisteria now nearly full out 2023 – CHW The Cordyline australis clump cut down as near dead last summer shows…

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

…deutzia growing outside the members pavilion. deutzia Two huge flowering Cordyline australis beyond the flower tent. Cordyline australis Large Gold Medal for the large Burncoose stand which was the floral…

…Cordyline australis Cordyline australis I do believe that the huge Magnolia dawsoniana outside the front gate is now starting to recover from the February frosts and March cold winds. Dieback…

…Cordyline australis ‘Salsa’ Cordyline australis ‘Pink Passion’ – quite similar to one which we do stock. Cordyline australis ‘Pink Passion’ Ilex aquifolium ‘Myrtifolia’ which would be a good hedging plant….

…but not in as hot a spot as this or in well drained ground. Agathis australis Agathis australis A fine clump of Wachendorfia thyrsiflora in flower by Tremenheere’s lockdown wedding…

…crumpled as last years flowers. Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ Magnolia virginiana var. australis ‘Satellite’ covered in flower. Magnolia virginiana var. australis ‘Satellite’…

…Cordyline australis Cordyline australis The clump had, until last summer, an ilex oak growing around it. Now this has gone the taller trunks have shoots emerging lower down their stems….

…Manor The largest blue flowered Iochroma australis that I have ever seen. Ten to twelve feet tall with a similar spread. Iochroma australis Iochroma australis An amazing display of hollyhocks….

…from the Burncoose site.On a drab day there is not much sparkle and only Andrew, Sally and Georgina at work.Nevertheless I find Hoya australis in flower in the cash point….

…morrisonicola Calocedrus macrolepis. Calocedrus macrolepis Agathis australis. Agathis australis Cupressus torulosa. Cupressus torulosa Cupressus cashmeriana. Cupressus cashmeriana Juniperus recurva var. coxii. Juniperus recurva var. coxii The Burncoose stand. The Burncoose…

…now coming into flower. Jasminum specio. ‘Lord Howick’ Another weekend coming and another teepee in Beach Meadow. another teepee in Beach Meadow The Cordyline australis stumps have now gone. Cordyline…

…quieter village life. 2021 – CHW Cordyline australis in full flower. Cordyline australis Azalea indicum ‘Balsaminaeflorum’ Azalea indicum ‘Balsaminaeflorum’ Agapetes serpens with flower buds in the Rockery. Planted in March….

…six? Rhododendron weyrichii Rhododendron weyrichii It is the time of the year for discovering dead plants. Here Polylepsis australis which is one of Asia’s favourites presumably because she has been…