April 2018 Irish trip (Day 3)

…inlet. Another inlet Another inlet Cyathea dealbata growing away and little frost damage. Cyathea dealbata Cyathea dealbata Cyathea dealbata Another landing point. Another landing point Acacia melanoxylon is a huge…

17th June

dealbata with its very first flower. The older plant was out 10 days ago. Magnolia dealbata My first photographs I think of Idesia polycarpa (a tree) in full flower. I…

18th February

…in Frogpool. Acacia dealbata Acacia dealbata Acacia dealbata Another holly which I had hoped might be the true Ilex dipyrena but, so defoliated is this plant, that I am not…

12th February

…an Acacia dealbata tree near Ponsanooth. This year I find an even better one in a garden nearer the nursery at the edge of Frogpool. Acacia dealbata Acacia dealbata 2022…

11th June

…enjoyed. Magnolia dealbata Magnolia dealbata Staphylea colchica has formed its bladders quickly in the hot weather. I do not remember ever seeing them like this in early June. Staphylea colchica…

12th June

…flowers and most have already gone over. Magnolia dealbata Rhododendron Tally Ho Group looking splendid below the oldest M. dealbata. I had not noticed it before. Rhododendron Tally Ho Group…

5th August

…kwangtungensis. Magnolia kwangtungensis A late flower on Magnolia dealbata. Magnolia dealbata Swelling female flowers and declining male associates on Platycarya strobilacea. Platycarya strobilacea Cudrania tricuspidata (now Maclura tricuspidata) – the…

8th August

…last September. hedychium 2017 – CHW Overhanging our garden is Acacia dealbata loaded with ripe seeds. They hang down in tassels like sophora seeds. Acacia dealbata Acacia dealbata One of…

30th October

…on Magnolia dealbata. Magnolia dealbata I have never seen secondary flowers before on Rhododendron prunifolium. Again very pale. Rhododendron prunifolium Rhododendron prunifolium Wonderful autumn colour on Mallotus japonicus. Mallotus japonicus…

10th June

…The massive trunk of the Quercus acuta above Roger’s Quarry. Quercus acuta Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x M. virginiana. Magnolia sieboldii sinensis x M. virginiana First flower out on Magnolia dealbata….