17th June

polycarpa Idesia polycarpa Idesia polycarpa Idesia polycarpa Cotoneaster hualiensis situated in full sun setting fruits already. Cotoneaster hualiensis Cotoneaster hualiensis Wonderful bronze new growth on a young Magnolia nitida tucked…

25th January 1897 – 2020

…the garden today? The plant is 8-10ft tall with a similar dense spread. The flowers do not stand erect to the branches but are more lateral. Fatsia polycarpa Fatsia polycarpa

27th January

…trunk and flower on a mature Fatsia polycarpa with chubbier leaves. Fatsia polycarpa Fatsia polycarpa A roe deer lay down here beside the Fatsia in the last 24 hours. roe…

25th June

…tree was alive with bees from top to bottom. Not sure if these are male or female flowers. Need to inspect our other two mature trees. Idesia polycarpa Idesia polycarpa

30th June

polycarpa Idesia polycarpa Idesia polycarpa Still plenty of final tail end flowers on Berberis wilsoniae. Very late for this to still be in flower. Berberis wilsoniae Still a few decent…

3rd October

…may not be dioecious as this one clearly is. Apparently some trees are dioecious and some not. Odd! Idesia polycarpa Idesia polycarpa Idesia polycarpa Common laurel flowering in early October!…

20th November

…Hertrich’ Camellia reticulata ‘William Hertrich’ Flower buds just showing on Fatsia polycarpa. Out by Christmas I expect. Fatsia polycarpa Fatsia polycarpa 2018 – CHW Jaimie has pollarded two large camellias…

12th March 1897 – 2020

…like the one here but without the spidery leaves of some newer wild collected forms which we saw in Devon nurseries a month ago. Fatsia polycarpa Fatsia polycarpa Daphne odora…

18th February 1897 – 2020

…unlike Fatsia japonica. Fatsia polycarpa Fatsia polycarpa Dasilioron mequeriomexensis – looks like a puya. Dasilioron mequeriomexensis These would be available to us at trade prices. Coming on for the future…

3rd January 1897- 2020

…Fatsia polycarpa Fatsia polycarpa Schefflera pauciflora now has ripe seed at the top of the plant ready for collection by Asia. Schefflera pauciflora Schefflera aff. myriocarpa which was in flower…

16th November

…cut the main stem to ground level. Neolitsea polycarpa Neolitsea polycarpa Pheasants shelter in the lee of another south westerly gale. Another day not to be a seafarer! Pheasants 2019…

3rd September

polycarpa Neolitsea polycarpa Rehderodendron kwatungense is now growing well. Nice bark too. Rehderodendron kwatungense Rehderodendron kwatungense Rehderodendron kwatungense Polyspora longicarpa is full of bud for late autumn or early in…

15th July

polycarpa Fatsia polycarpa This is labelled Magnolia aff floribunda var tonkinense and is a Crug wild collected plant flowering for the first time. Despite its name it is clearly a…

13th June

…other trees are either too young to flower or too far away for pollination to have occurred if this was simply a female tree. Idesia polycarpa Idesia polycarpa The original…

9th June

…Foerster’. Arisaema consanguineum Fatsia polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’ Fatsia polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’ Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ and Fatsia polycarpa ‘Greenfingers’. Cercis canadensis ‘Ruby Falls’ Astrantia major ‘Ruby Wedding’ and Athyrium nipponicum var. pictum….

15th November

…showers. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Golden Sun’ with its autumn colours. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Golden Sun’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Golden Sun’ Idesia polycarpa still with clusters of berries intact in the wind….

31st January

…‘Darjeeling’. Magnolia ‘Black Tulip’ x ‘Darjeeling’ Fraxinus griffithii is evergreen. A gift from Raf in 2020. Fraxinus griffithii Fraxinus griffithii 2022 – CHW Fatsia polycarpa has been in bud for…

17th January

…Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Phoebe Taylor’ 2023 – CHW Cold North wind but no frost yet.Fatsia polycarpa now out. Too big a plant now to photograph easily. Fatsia polycarpa Another…

28th December

…(hopefully) revive and reinvigorate it. It may be too old but a few leaves/ twigs have been left. Rhododendron johnstoneanum This Neolitsea aff. polycarpa is growing well but needed more…

24th December

…Flower buds nearly out on Fatsia polycarpa. Fatsia polycarpa More trimming out of deadwood on the Rhododendron ‘Alison Johnstone’ by George’s Hut. Rhododendron ‘Alison Johnstone’ Christmas flowers on Rhododendron keysii…