16th July

lanceolata are still flowering. Quite possibly they have hybridised together. Plantago lanceolata Plantago lanceolata Plantago lanceolata Plantago media Plantago media 2019 – CHW A visit to Shanklin Chine with the…

27th July

…which is prone to shedding twigs and branches in strong winds. Cunninghamia lanceolata Cunninghamia lanceolata Cunninghamia lanceolata 2018 – CHW Some new plants in the nursery today for next year’s…

31st May

…planted 25 to 30 years ago. Just coming out. Lonicera lanceolata Lonicera lanceolata Below the Rabbit Warren is the unusual shrubby honeysuckle (from Crug) Lonicera lanceolata. Not one to rush…

29th July

…americana More dead and finished flower spikes on Puya berteronica. Puya berteronica Puya berteronica Freylinia lanceolata in full growth. Too early in the year for its tubular flowers. Freylinia lanceolata

Royal Cornwall Show – 2022

…ibericum Primula vulgaris ‘Bradleyi’ Primula vulgaris ‘Bradleyi’ Helleborus x hybridus ‘Harrington Pink Speckled’ Helleborus x hybridus ‘Harrington Pink Speckled’ Coleonema pulcherimum Coleonema pulcherimum Coleonema pulcherimum Drimys lanceolata ‘Red Spice’ –…

4th March

…Borinda (Fargesia) frigida Interesting seed cones from the very ends of twigs blown off Cunninghamia lanceolata. These were on the path 30 yards from the old tree. Cunninghamia lanceolata Michelia…

7th November

…look around the garden and Mediterranean Biome. Pseudopanax arboreus just coming into flower below the entrance to Eden. Pseudopanax arboreus Malus mandshurica with fruits. Malus mandshurica Malus mandshurica Cunninghamia lanceolata

2nd July

…gigantic Freylinia lanceolata, honey bells – here its woody trunk which we have never seen on our stock plant at Burncoose by the mist houses where it is a shrub…

20th February

…of the damage in the garden here. Drimys lanceolata just in flower. We used to grow this here and at Burncoose but falling trees hit both. Starting again is fun!…

12th September

…species but, again, the label has vanished. Hedychium Hedychium 2021 – CHW A nursery visit for meetings and autumn ‘move inside for the winter’ lists to sort out.Hoya lanceolata subsp….