13th July

…and lost it. Picconia excelsa is a mature evergreen tree which you could easily mistake as a Laurus nobilis. Picconia excelsa Picconia excelsa Picconia excelsa Asimina triloba in full flower….

6th May

…wood. Picconia excelsa Picconia excelsa Pseudotaxus chienii with attractive new growth. Pseudotaxus chienii New growth on a young Carya ovata. Carya ovata 2022 – CHW Jaimie sends me this picture…

24th October

…just see on its stem here. Another widespread and common species in deciduous or mixed woodland. Amanita excelsa var. spissa Amanita excelsa var. spissa One seldom sees ‘runner bean’ seedpods…

2nd July

…not a South African tree. Freylinia lanceolata Picconia excelsa – Canary Islands olive – is a huge ilex-like tree which we tried and failed with. Picconia excelsa Picconia excelsa Diospyros…

21st July

…Picconia excelsa which we have recently planted at Caerhays. Picconia excelsa Picconia excelsa 2022 – CHW A trip to view some of our new plantings of rare things now that…

27th July

…flowering habit. It would grow much taller than this in a border. Lobelia excelsa Lobelia excelsa 2017 – CHW First trip to Ventnor Botanic Gardens. Rudbeckia maxima full out and…

8th March

…to Garden Book page) Evergreens for the Dinner March 1929 Gardenia axillaris Hastia 24406 Ilex insignis Ilex oldhamii Lindera megaphylla Michelia floribunda Michelia excelsa Olea excelsa Photinia flavidiflora Quercus acuta…

14th March

…species collection. This one looks rather dull, I fear! Pittosporum glabratum Cornus excelsa (F & M 57) is an evergreen species from Mexico. Cornus excelsa A garden tour in the…

4th June

…newly planted Picconia excelsa has just finished flowering but not looking too happy in a dry spot. Water this week. Picconia excelsa Illicium merrillianum (KWJ 12113) in full flower above…

29th May

…Picconia photographed previously at Ventnor was P. excelsa. Picconia azorica Azalea ‘Rosebud’ behind the greenhouse at its finest. Asia/ Cressy to propagate this in quantity please. Azalea ‘Rosebud’ Azalea ‘Rosebud’…