Bamboo’s at Caerhays

…hope. Phyllostachys edulis Phyllostachys edulis Phyllostachys edulis Phyllostachys edulis At the top of the Auklandii Garden beside Magnolia ‘Mr Julian’ sits in shade what I think (memory again) is Thalmnocalamus…

21st January

…2006/7. It is not yet anything like as good as the mature Trebah clump but we live in hope. Phyllostachys edulis Phyllostachys edulis Phyllostachys edulis Phyllostachys edulis At the top…

23rd August

…CHW A nursery visit to take more pictures for next year’s new introductions to the catalogue.The Passiflora edulis fruits are now colouring up. Passiflora edulis fruits Passiflora edulis fruits Hydrangea…

24th August

…seemannii Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ starting to turn pink. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Vanille Fraise’ Lithocarpus edulis was planted in 2017. Romping away now. Lithocarpus edulis Lithocarpus edulis Lots of dark secondary…

20th August

…with flowers and berries together. Symphoricarpos albus 2021 – CHW An elderly Lithocarpus edulis in flower in Old Park. Lithocarpus edulis Rhododendron emarginatum in flower in Old Park. Rhododendron emarginatum…

Visit to Tregrehan – 5th October

…Osmanthus fragrans var. aurantiacus Passiflora edulis with delicious ripe fruit. The ones I photographed recently in the nursery have yet to turn black and ripe like this. Passiflora edulis Talauma…

23rd May

…Ilex spinigera) which gives us a second Ilex verticillata. Tom also confirms the much debated Lithocarpus nearby as Lithocarpus edulis (not Lithocarpus glabra). However it is quite dissimilar to the…

10th November

…top lake Phyllostachys edulis as a young plant in the new bamboo plantation. Phyllostachys edulis Thamnocalamus crassinodus developing well. Thamnocalamus crassinodus Thamnocalamus crassinodus A young Platanus x acerifolia (Platanus x…

10th August

…in our climate. This is the third variety to flower in the nursery this year. Lagerstroemia indica ‘Red Emperor’ Lagerstroemia indica ‘Red Emperor’ Passiflora edulis with a couple of fruits…

26th July

…arguing about whether Quercus GLABARA (glabrous means hairless) is the same as Lithocarpus edulis (which is hairless). However Quercus glabra does have hairy indumentum on its new growth! The tree…