4th August

…Berberis valdiviana. Very attractive! Berberis valdiviana Berberis valdiviana Berberis valdiviana Isoplexis canariensis with a late flower and bulging seed heads. Isoplexis canariensis Isoplexis canariensis Isoplexis canariensis A wall covered with…

11th February

…rather like a nettle! Canarina canariensis Canarina canariensis Amazingly a flower on Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ 2023 – CHW Interesting to see what was out and…

28th July

…and expose more of the interesting trunks. A major improvement all over the garden. Phoenix canariensis Phoenix canariensis Celtis caucasica – Caucasian Nettle Tree – had not, I think, been…

7th January 1897- 2020

…the small young tree now has a better leader and will become a far better tree as a result. Quercus canariensis Quercus canariensis Serious rabbit damage to the base of…

18th February 1897 – 2020

…dense shrub) Clethra luzmariae Aucuba confertiflora – which we lost at Caerhays in the cold in 2012 Aucuba confertiflora Arbutus canariensis – tender Arbutus canariensis Arbutus canariensis Mahonia russellii –…

17th March 1897 – 2020

…in full flower. New species to me. Rhododendron frangipanensis Rhododendron frangipanensis Arbutus canariensis with a flower Arbutus canariensis Arbutus canariensis Podocarpus matudae with huge podocarps Podocarpus matudae Podocarpus matudae Illicium…

5th June

…Leaves rather nettle-like. Now, finally, a flower on Canarina canariensis. Canarina canariensis 2023 – CHW Six magnolias in flower today and a seventh just over. Who says the magnolia season…

10th June

…is the marketing team from Idenna. Idenna Isoplexis canariensis Isoplexis canariensis Cestrum parquii Cestrum parquii 2023 – CHW Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ12217) trying to flower. Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ12217) Brassaiopsis dumicola (KWJ12217)…

8th July

…Phoenix canariensis untouched too. Phoenix canariensis 2017 – CHW Stop and marvel at the peeling bark on Rhododendron stenaulum. We have just pruned other things away from it so that…

20th July

…shrub. The second year it has flowered. A gift from Windsor. Digitalis sceptrum Isoplexis canariensis is very similar in flower and ‘foxglove-like’. Isoplexis canariensis Tibouchina rossa (BSWJ 10758) really is…

24th September

…agnus-castus Rostrinucula dependens a good show as ever. Rostrinucula dependens Rostrinucula dependens Late flowers on Isoplexis canariensis ‘Bella’ Isoplexis canariensis ‘Bella’ Still late flowers on Myrtus communis subsp. tarentina. Myrtus…

11th December

…to look up – Canarina canariensis. Canarina canariensis Phormium ‘Envy’ and Phormium ‘Joker’ look great together. Phormium ‘Envy’ and Phormium ‘Joker’ A Malus ‘Jelly King’ in the packing shed but…

Tregrehan Gardens Visit – 15th March 2019

…berries Nothofagus dombeyi trunk Camellia ‘Black Lace’ Dacrycarpus dacrydioides trunk. These are growing as a clump of five trees. Rhododendron frangipanensis in full flower. New species to me. Arbutus canariensis