2nd October

…Ilex dimorphophylla Ilex dimorphophylla Ilex dimorphophylla Styrax japonicus ‘Westpelaar’ fruiting away as a small young plant with its attractive brown leaves. Styrax japonicus ‘Westpelaar’ Ilex ficiodes also has flower buds…

29th May

…in a yew tree above the shop. wisteria Very different spiny new growth on Ilex dimorphophylla to the rounded mature leaves. Ilex dimorphophylla Ilex dimorphophylla A young Ilex latifolia or…

24th May

dimorphophylla Ilex dimorphophylla We called this ‘Bacon and Eggs’ as children. Growing in a bareish patch on the bank opposite the front door. I need the wild flower book I…

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?…

7th September

…Podocarpus parlatorei Berries already ripening on the Ilex dimorphophylla and plenty again this year. Ilex dimorphophylla I have been noticing how our (and everyone else’s) Cercidiphyllum have been suffering and…

9th October

…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. What an interesting…

11th August

…is actually redeveloping well from earlier dieback. Meliosma pungens Meliosma pungens Marvellous new growth on Ilex dimorphophylla. Ilex dimorphophylla Odd how the pure white Camellia reticulata holds its four month…

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…