April 2018 Irish trip (Day 3)

…suckering tree growing in a swamp. Clethra arborea everywhere self sown and suckering too. Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon A huge Eucalyptus globulus…

9th March

…and one is yet to come out. Acacia melanoxylon Rhododendron scabrifolium var. scabrifolium still just alive above the top wall under the Acacia melanoxylon. Rhododendron scabrifolium var. scabrifolium Fuchsia excorticata…

8th February

…or less complete for the season. Stewartia sinensis Stewartia sinensis Acacia melanoxylon full out on a 70ft tree near the house. Ours are still in tight bud. Acacia melanoxylon Acacia…

21st February

…wall a week later than at Trewithen. Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon Above the Top Wall are three good magnolias today. A Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta seedling which is a bit…

11th January

…maturing on this large tree which has attractive splitting stripes lower down. Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon The Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ have now had their haircut to reshoot rather quicker than I…

1st February

…seed. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. delavayi Camellia ‘Bokuhan’ full out by the Playhouse. It will be over by the time we open in only a fortnight. Camellia ‘Bokuhan’ Acacia melanoxylon nearly…

25th December

…big tree now but originally a gift from Richard Carew Pole and Anthony Gardens. Acacia cultriformis Acacia cultriformis Seed setting on Eucryphia cordifolia. Eucryphia cordifolia Acacia melanoxylon in bud but…