4th August

…where the roots are above ground. Pterocarya fraxinifolia Pterocarya fraxinifolia Juglans regia ‘Kaemonia’. Juglans regia ‘Kaemonia’ Juglans nigra ‘Student Orchard’. Juglans nigra ‘Student Orchard’ Juglans macrocarpa. Juglans macrocarpa Juglans macrocarpa

12th September

…confirmed as Carissa macrocarpa!] Carissa macrocarpa Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ (Escallonia bifida x Escallonia exoniensis). Very similar to E. bifida which we saw last week at Caerhays in flower. Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Asimina…

27th March 1897 – 2020

…cut up the fallen pine and macrocarpa from the Wednesday northerly gale. A neat job and we now need to plant other trees or conifers in this exposed gap. cut…

April 2018 Irish trip ( Day 2)

…planting. Only 7,500 visitors per year and just starting a tea room in an outbuilding. Derreen Garden The largest Cupressus macrocarpa I have ever seen – 26ft around the base….

30th November

…on Quillaja saponaria. Quillaja saponaria Sorbus needhamii with good winter colour. Sorbus needhamii Celtis tetrandra still in full leaf although only planted recently. Celtis tetrandra Styrax sp. chinensis macrocarpa was…

11th February

…orders goes on apace. orders I find a plant in the nursery which I have never heard of. Campylotropis macrocarpa. When I look it up it is a Chinese shrub…

23rd September

…has a very different leaf form. Corylus ferox var. tibetica The shrubby and trifoliate Campylotropis macrocarpa with its first flower and loads of buds to come. A new plant never…

17th July

…a clump of Ilex oak and Pinus Radiata The feature Cupressus macrocarpa frames the view over to Portsmouth. Cupressus macrocarpa Two beds of Camellia japonica – unexpected! Camellia japonica A…

8th July

…Calocedrus decurrens ‘Aureovariegata’ Wollemia nobilis and a very fine Calocedrus decurrens ‘Aureovariegata’ Cryptomeria japonica ‘Sekkan’ [Not ‘Golden Promise’ – thank you Wolfgang Keidel for pointing this out!] and Cupressus macrocarpa

23rd June

…bees. Actinidia arguta ‘Issai’ Campylotropis macrocarpa is a totally new plant/shrub to me. Need to look up what its flowers are like. From China and Korea. Campylotropis macrocarpa 2020 –…

18th June

…bit with the recent rain. Some casualties. native hedge native hedge native hedge The yellow leaved form of Cupressus macrocarpa was planted 40 years ago as a windbreak. Under planting…

26th March

…attractive bark. Betula ermanii ‘Mt Hokkoda Honshia’ Cupressus lusitanica – another new species to me and dullish! Cupressus lusitanica Cupressus lusitanica Corokia macrocarpa Corokia macrocarpa Magnolia maudiae var. platypetala flowering…

16th March

…very rare new things. All need growing on before being large enough to plant out.- Campylotropis macrocarpa x 3 – Citronella gongonha – Clematoclethra scandens subsp. actinidioides x 6 –…

1st April

…CW The big storm of March 31st took down the Macrocarpa in cutting and several trees below drive and end of Old Park. 1933 – JCW The daffs have never…

26th June

…flower but nice leaves. Lagerstroemia indica ‘Fuchsia d’Ete’ Astrantia ‘Florence’ Astrantia ‘Florence’ Deutzia compacta flowering well. Deutzia compacta Wisteria sinensis ‘Alba’ flowering in amongst Cupressus macrocarpa ‘Goldcrest’ by the steps…

20th July

…up a range of dead Cupressus macrocarpa after about 4 years to get going. Hydrangea seemannii Olives beginning to form on an Olea europaea hedge. Olives More holly hocks of…

21st February 1897 – 2020

…Magnolia floribunda ‘Furry Uok’ Magnolia glauca Magnolia maudiae (hardy -20) Magnolia sinostellata Magnolia spaerantha Pterocarya macrocarpa var insignis Pterocarya rhederiana ‘Fern Leaf’ 2016 – CHW George Williams and friends arrive…