18th July 1897 – 2020

…growth though. Podocarpus ‘Green Queen’ Podocarpus ‘Jill’ Podocarpus ‘Jill’ Podocarpus x ‘Spring Sunshine’ is trying to become a small and rather floppy tree. Podocarpus x ‘Spring Sunshine’ Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Burgundy’…

6th May 1897 – 2020

…live up to its name. Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Podocarpus ‘County Park Fire’ not quite into new growth yet. Podocarpus ‘County Park Fire’ Podocarpus ‘County Park Fire’ Viburnum odoratissimum full out…

6th October

…these are quite reachable and collectable by Asia. Liriodendron chinense Podocarps ripening up on Podocarpus henkelii. Podocarpus henkelii Schefflera delavayi just gets better and better. When can we grow more…

31st May 1897 – 2020

…has been much later in the season. Podocarpus ‘Young Rusty’ Podocarpus ‘Young Rusty’ Purplish stroboli in profusion on this green leaved male podocarpus quite near ‘Young Rusty’. What might growing…

16th March 1897 – 2020

…look better when the new growth emerges. Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Pseudotaxus chienii looks a bit insipid. Pseudotaxus chienii Pseudotaxus chienii Pseudotaxus…

22nd April

…a holly, but it is in fact Griselinia jodonifolia. Griselinia jodonifolia Griselinia jodonifolia Cryptocarya alba Cryptocarya alba Another unknown Podocarpus species. Podocarpus milanjianus. Podocarpus milanjianus Podocarpus milanjianus Podocarpus spinulosus Podocarpus

2nd August

…Lindera triloba is unmistakeable in leaf. Very attractive too. Lindera triloba Lindera triloba A young Podocarpus falcatus covered in new growth. Podocarpus falcatus Podocarpus falcatus Rhododendron maddenii was out 10…

11th August

…still green podocarps. Podocarpus matudae Podocarpus matudae Afrocarpus falcatus (Podocarpus falcatus) has a very dense habit. Afrocarpus falcatus Afrocarpus falcatus This Magnolia campbellii ‘Copeland Court’ was cut back by the…

24th May 1897 – 2020

Podocarpus ‘Otari’ Podocarpus ‘Otari’ Podocarpus ‘Otari’ Plenty of flowers still showing up on the extraordinary blue Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Patriot’. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x Magnolia ‘Patriot’…

26th March

…Picrasma quassiodes Podocarpus totara – a record tree. Podocarpus totara Podocarpus totara Betula ermanii ‘Mt Hokkoda Honshia’ with attractive bark. Betula ermanii ‘Mt Hokkoda Honshia’ Cupressus lusitanica – another new…

18th December

…now well out. Camellia x williamsii ‘Monica Dance’ A few early flowers on Rhododendron ‘Chink’. Rhododendron ‘Chink’ Podocarpus henkelii with ripe podocarps. Podocarpus henkelii Podocarpus henkelii 2024 – CHW The…

8th April 1897 – 2020

…Asia’s cuttings from Tregrehan. Almost a red stripe to the edge of the new leaves. Impressive! Podocarpus wongii Podocarpus wongii Hydrangea lobbii out in the greenhouse already. Very delicate and…

13th February

…rompinig ahead above the greenhouse. Podocarpus parlatorei As is Podocarpus lambertii. Podocarpus lambertii Camellia ‘Fairy Bush’ set in front of a young Quercus ilex. Camellia ‘Fairy Bush’ 2024 – CHW…

13th May

…male Podocarpus matudae. Podocarpus matudae Podocarpus spinulosus also has attractive new growth today. Podocarpus spinulosus Magnolia ‘Copeland Court’ was cut back by the Beast from the East in 2018. After…

1st June

Podocarpus matudae for a few days as the plant responds to rain. Podocarpus matudae Not bad on Podocarpus macrophylla either. (P. macrophylla ‘Aurea’ seems to have much larger and differently…

3rd September

…earlier drought – Magnolia crassifolia. Magnolia crassifolia Nearby Podocarpus brassii which was a gift from Tom Hudson. Podocarpus brassii Coprosma grandifolia in flower may not set the world alight but…

7th September

…– CHW Podocarpus lambertii, planted in the spring, has made good new growth. Podocarpus lambertii As has the rather more drooping in habit Podocarpus parlatorei. Podocarpus parlatorei Berries already ripening…

10th October

…This was previously called Ilex insignis. In the clump of three elderly hollies by the Podocarpus salignus clump we probably have one Ilex kingiana and two Ilex dipyrena. The two…

15th October

…parlatorei with late secondary new growth. Podocarpus parlatorei Podocarpus lambertii far less vigorous. Podocarpus lambertii Diospyros cathayensis. Diospyros cathayensis Seeds from Magnolia globosa. Magnolia globosa Helianthus ‘Lemon Queen’ at its…

13th August

…‘Aurea’ Lilium superbum and Podocarpus totara. Lilium superbum and Podocarpus totara Thalictrum delavayi ‘Hewitt’s Double’ and Podocarpus totara. Thalictrum delavayi ‘Hewitt’s Double’ and Podocarpus totara Geranium ‘Rozanne’ and Geranium ‘Wargrave…