…so plastered in flower as this year. The tree is 20ft plus tall and every twig has a cluster of lobster claw flowers. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia…

…of the things which we know will be out and sell well at Hampton Court. The best thing in the garden today. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Neolitsea aff….

…Admiral’ Lower branch pruning on Lomatia ferruginea to prevent overshadowing of nearby young rhododendrons. Nice bark on its trunk. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea First flowers on the pinker form of…

…– Lomatia ferruginea at its best. We pruned up the lower branches last autumn and the trunk is producing new shoots. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Ligustrum confusum with huge inflorescences….

…a few new seed heads on Lomatia ferruginea but most seeds have failed to form this year and the plant looks sickly to say the least. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea…

…Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Autumnal views over Hovel Cart Road towards Old Park. Autumnal views Autumnal views Styrax formosanus var formosanus is as laden with seeds as it was with…

…usually out for Hampton Court flower show so well worth propagating for sale there. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Rhododendron hookeri with the ‘barbs’ on the petioles clearly showing beside the…

…not fazed by the rain. Copious fruit on Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’. Very good indeed. Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’ Lomatia ferruginea is just going over. Lomatia ferruginea Gevuina avellana, the…

…and behaving like an evergreen which it is not! Alniphyllum eberhartii Alniphyllum eberhartii Lomatia ferruginea has many pea-like seedpods but these are still green and unripe. Lomatia ferruginea Acer laevigatum…

…different in colour to the spring unlike many secondary efforts. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Drooping seed clusters forming on Lomatia ferruginea. Lomatia ferruginea 2019 – CHW Tilia kiusiana now just out in…

…It is clearly not Prumnopitys andina (Podocarpus andinus) from South America nor is it Prumnopitys ferruginea, the other New Zealand species of Prumnopitys, according to the reference books. It is…

…nitida Magnolia nitida Our last original Meliosma veitchiorum is dead. It flowered profusely last year and was obviously then on the way out. Meliosma veitchiorum Lomatia ferruginea flowering away reasonably…

…flower. Hydrangea aspera Vigorous reshooting from the fallen and pollarded Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’. Magnolia ‘Cecil Nice’ Seedpods forming on Lomatia ferruginea in profusion. Lomatia ferruginea Very few seed heads have…

…on Ligustrum confusum. Ligustrum confusum Seed aplenty forming on Lomatia ferruginea. Lomatia ferruginea Seed heads forming on Photinia prionophylla. Photinia prionophylla Although I suspect they will not develop properly acorn…

…Magnolia sargentiana The tail ends of flowers on Lomatia ferruginea which I have missed completely this year. Lomatia ferruginea Another veteran bites the dust and now needs digging out. Our…

…of recently potted Lomatia ferruginea. Lomatia ferruginea Embothrium lanceolatum seedlings have germinated well and are now being pricked out and potted in small pots. Embothrium lanceolatum seedlings Embothrium lanceolatum seedlings…

…car fire The strong southerly winds have covered the beach with green seaweed. green seaweed 3 swifts seen and heard all week over the lawn. Only one youngster? Lomatia ferruginea…