2nd October

…Small trees really rather than shrubs. Ilex dimorphophylla Ilex dimorphophylla Ilex dimorphophylla Ilex dimorphophylla Styrax japonicus ‘Westpelaar’ fruiting away as a small young plant with its attractive brown leaves. Styrax…

29th May 1897 – 2020

…mature leaves. Ilex dimorphophylla Ilex dimorphophylla A young Ilex latifolia or at least that is what it was sold to us as. Here with berries and flowers. Ilex latifolia Ilex…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 3)

…Gold’ clipped into a ball. Coprosma ‘Beatson’s Gold’ Is this Ilex Ilex dimorphophylla or, perhaps, a form of Ilex crenata convexa? Might even be Ilex nothofagifolia? Ilex dimorphophylla? Ilex dimorphophylla?…

24th May 1897 – 2020

…a good batch and a new holly species for the 2022 catalogue I suppose. Ilex dimorphophylla Ilex dimorphophylla We called this ‘Bacon and Eggs’ as children. Growing in a bareish…

7th September

…the spring, has made good new growth. Podocarpus lambertii As has the rather more drooping in habit Podocarpus parlatorei. Podocarpus parlatorei Berries already ripening on the Ilex dimorphophylla and plenty…

9th October

…day this is going to be spectacular. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Sorbus dunnii with, as yet, unripe fruit. Sorbus dunnii Sorbus dunnii Ilex dimorphophylla with another great show of berries….

11th August

…new growth on Ilex dimorphophylla. Ilex dimorphophylla Odd how the pure white Camellia reticulata holds its four month passed flowers on the twigs. Camellia reticulata Superb and extensive secondary new…

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 4)

…uva-ursi Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Gaultheria wardii from Yunnan also about to show nearby. Gaultheria wardii Gaultheria wardii Ilex dimorphophylla in a rockery. It is not a rockery species! Ilex dimorphophylla Magnolia…