16th December

…appears more tender than some species but this may well not turn out to be true. Schefflera gracilis Schefflera gracilis Schefflera gracilis Schefflera gracilis Schefflera taiwaniana we know to be…

25th December

…label still intact. Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ Fuchsia gracilis still in flower with a few leaves as has become normal in mild wet autumns. Fuchsia gracilis

30th June

…magellanica var gracilis hedge above Lower Rockery is full out now. Much less tall growing that Fuchsia ‘Riccartonii’. Fuchsia magellanica var gracilis Fuchsia magellanica var gracilis Fuchsia magellanica var gracilis

1st January

…month. Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ Camellia ‘Takanini’ 2019 – CHW Plenty of flowers still and most of its leaf on Fuchsia gracilis. Fuchsia gracilis The snowdrops are now starting to…

15th December

…most of its leaves which are nicely coloured in the sun. Magnolia dawsoniana Magnolia dawsoniana Fuchsia gracilis still has a few flowers left after the leaves have fallen. Not the…

3rd February

…barns or attics or so I believe. Kania 2000 traps 2018 – CHW Plenty of early new growth on Fuchsia gracilis confirming a frost free winter. Fuchsia gracilis Garrya elliptica…

1st October

…on Cotoneaster horizontalis and flowers on Fuchsia magellanica var. gracilis. Cotoneaster horizontalis Astonished to find plenty of flowers on Rhododendron mucronulatum which would normally be out on bare, leafless, stems…

22nd September

…have silky pinkish-red catkins. Planted by the old dog kennels. Salix gracilistyla ‘Mount Aso’ Salix gracilistyla ‘Mount Aso’ Zelkova sicula curana has established well in its first year. A rare…

8th August

…JCW collected fuchsia species in the 1930s and this, like Fuchsia gracilis and Fuchsia riccartonii, is one of the few survivors. It enjoys frequent pruning but would grow to six…