24th March

…load of “sacrifice’ camellias Melicytus crassifolius covered in tiny yellow flowers. Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus obovatus just coming into flower with its tens of thousands of very…

19th April

…proved perfectly hardy even if the roedeer like nibbling them. Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus crassifolius Just look how prominent these Matsumae cherries are already in the four…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 3)

…fully mature Pseudopanax crassifolius. Indeed a Record UK Tree. Pseudopanax crassifolius Pseudopanax crassifolius Pseudopanax crassifolius Abundent flowers on Pittosporum eugenioides ‘Variegatum’. Pittosporum eugenioides ‘Variegatum’ A large recently pollarded willow. pollarded…

25th March

…The leaf looks however about right even if chubbier and larger than on our other plant of, supposedly, the same species. Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus crassifolius Magnolia dawsoniana ‘Chyverton Red’ just…

5th August

…Sophora microphylla Pseudopanax crassifolius as a 10-12ft small tree. Pseudopanax crassifolius Pseudopanax crassifolius Pseudopanax laetus 12-15ft in height. Pseudopanax laetus Pseudopanax laetus The disease killing mature clumps of Cordyline australis…

6th August

…see its well underway. Castle Wood grass cutting finished 2023 – CHW Hydrangea video day at Burncoose. Melicytus crassifolius covered in white berries already in a nursery tunnel. Melicytus crassifolius

17th October

…with white fruits which have black markings. Despite its scruffy and leafless appearance this has doubled in size in 3 years. More fruits than ever before. Melicytus crassifolius Melicytus crassifolius

11th November

…Hydrangea aspera was a gift from Lord Howick in 2018. Here is its first flower in November! The bush is thriving. Hydrangea aspera Hydrangea aspera Melicytus crassifolius recently planted along…

31st December

…4557). Adinandra Another Melicytus crassifolius but this one has no white berries at all, as yet, unlike the other one a similar size growing in full sun. This one is…

12th December

…arrived in late July are still in full leaf. New Zealand acers New Zealand acers A fine crop of Pseudopanax ferox and Pseudopanax crassifolius from liners. Pseudopanax ferox Pseudopanax crassifolius

30th November

…new growth now unlike the other two younger ones. Quercus insignis A newly planted Melicytisus crassifolius. A New Zealander – semi-evergreen. Hilliers list five species and I think we now…

15th July

…is June flowering). I have my doubts? Stewartia serrata Stewartia serrata Melicytisus crassifolius is getting away nicely in full sun and a hot location. Melicytisus crassifolius I had forgotten that…

26th October

…time. Much later than other species. Clethra pringlei Melicytus crassifolius now covered with white berries on the lower part of the shrub. Melicytus crassifolius Myrcia laurotteana var. paraguayensis with its…

10th September

…away with huge leaves. Juglans major Juglans major Melicytus crassifolius is covered in berries. Unlike the plants in the nursery these have still to turn white. Melicytus crassifolius Quercus liebmannii…

23rd August

…Alchemilla pectinatus with attractive dead seed heads. Alchemilla pectinatus Callicarpa kwangtungensis in full flower, as are all the other Callicarpa in the tunnels. Callicarpa kwangtungensis Melicytus crassifolius covered in blotched…

31st March

…‘Pendulum’ Magnolia ‘Kalleberg’ full out. Magnolia ‘Kalleberg’ Magnolia ‘Kalleberg’ What may or may not be Melicytus crassifolius definitely does not have the ‘usual’ tiny yellow flowers as you can see…

28th February

…Two pairs of English partridges spotted by Arthur Broom while ploughing at Trelonk. English partridges Melicytus crassifolius still covered in white berries. Melicytus crassifolius Salix gracilistyla ‘Mount Aso’ by the…

12th October

…Sunday I think that what we have growing as Schinus polygama is correctly named. I also think that Melicytus crassifolius is likely to be correctly named despite the shape of…