24th April

…leaf species. Rhododendron protistum var giganteum Rhododendron protistum var giganteum Rhododendron protistum var giganteum Rhododendron protistum var giganteum Rhododendron protistum var giganteum Rhododendron protistum var giganteum This seems closest to…

2nd May

…were seedlings grown by Jeremy Peter Hoblyn. What they are is Rhododendron protistum var. giganteum. The confusion in my mind comes from what we called Rh. giganteum in Orchid House…

23rd February

…Rhododendron macabeanum Rhododendron protistum x Rhododendron macabeanum Rhododendron giganteum just coming out beside it. Rhododendron giganteum Rhododendron giganteum Rhododendron giganteum Polyspora speciosa with strong scent (very attractive) and pink in…

13th April

…walls. cleared the whole clump of laurel Grevillea lonigera ‘Mount Tamboritha’ nicely out. Grevillea lonigera ‘Mount Tamboritha’ Cardiocrinum giganteum shooting away nicely after the cold. Cardiocrinum giganteum A few cardiocrinum…

12th May

…flower Beschorneria flower The Cardiocrinum giganteum however has not moved much into flower. Very fat stalk but little progress sadly. Cardiocrinum giganteum Cardiocrinum giganteum Look how perfect this Acer palmatum…

4th May

…Rhododendron loderi ‘Georgette’ Rhododendron loderi ‘Georgette’ Rhododendron loderi ‘Georgette’ A hundred and twenty foot tall Sequoiadendron giganteum Sequoiadendron giganteum Sequoiadendron giganteum Ilex dipyrena Ilex dipyrena Ilex dipyrena Rhododendron ‘Jubilee Queen’…

7th October

giganteum in the grounds of Allenheads House. Sequoiadendron giganteum Sequoiadendron giganteum A huge Fagus sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia’ – a grafted plant but still quite magnificent. Fagus sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia’ The front wall…

9th April

…oldhamii Sequoiadendron giganteum ‘Pendulum’ [Not ‘Pygmaeum’ – thanks to Wolfgang Keidel for pointing this out] trailing over a fence. The reversions growing out of the top need removing. Sequoiadendron giganteum

10th July

…Only a few Giganteum but they are good. Late rhodo’s remain. Late Plagianthus are hardly open. Griersonianum nice yet and so Eriogynum. There has been a lot of rain on…

3rd March

…Betula insignis ssp. fansipanensis Fascicularia bicolor and Sequoiadendron giganteum. Fascicularia bicolor and Sequoiadendron giganteum Grevillea barklyana in flower. Grevillea barklyana Podocarpus spinulosus. Podocarpus spinulosus Agathis robusta seemingly growing well despite…