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

…now. Much less tall growing that Fuchsia ‘Riccartonii’. Fuchsia magellanica var gracilis Fuchsia magellanica var gracilis Fuchsia magellanica var gracilis A clump of (I think) Iris foetida in full shade…

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

…counted. Camellia sasanqua A rather nice combination of berries on Cotoneaster horizontalis and flowers on Fuchsia magellanica var. gracilis. Cotoneaster horizontalis Astonished to find plenty of flowers on Rhododendron mucronulatum…

22nd September

…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 shrubby species with…

8th August

…Hillier’s the correct name is now Fuchsia magallanica var molinae whereas the ‘true’ ‘Alba’ has a pink corolla! JCW collected fuchsia species in the 1930s and this, like Fuchsia gracilis