…colour. Callistemon ‘Rose Opal’ Callistemon salignus ‘Honey Pot’ another new yellow variety with narrow leaves. Callistemon salignus ‘Honey Pot’ Callistemon salignus ‘Honey Pot’ Wisteria floribunda ‘Domino’ recently arrived bare root…

…are shooting vigorously from ground level. Podocarpus salignus Podocarpus salignus What odd roots Araucaria araucaria has. Knobbly and grey. odd roots Araucaria araucaria odd roots Araucaria araucaria The last large…

…seedlings have in previous years been sent back to the Chilean forestry department as this conifer is now endangered in the wild. Pododcarpus salignus seedlings Pododcarpus salignus seedlings First flowers…

…just coming out by the Podocarpus salignus. Rhododendron decorum Likewise the original Rhododendron griersonianum above Roger’s Quarry. Rhododendron griersonianum Just one white flower on Syringa reticulata so far. Syringa reticulata…

…Pink’ Beside it a nearly over Callistemon salignus. Callistemon salignus I photographed the variegated leaved Philadelphus in flower last year. Philadelphus coronarius ‘Variegatus’ I assume with plenty of new shoots…

…of new growth on Podocarpus salignus. Podocarpus salignus An absurdly late tail end flower on Rhododendron augustinii. Rhododendron augustinii Dierama pulcherrimum just out by the Playhouse. Dierama pulcherrimum 2022 –…

…paintings of Cornish trees with particular connections to the garden owners.I take her to the Podocarpus salignus clump, planted in 1926, and tell her the story of my brother and…

…Podocarpus salignus a veritable carpet of seedlings have popped up in the drought. Most Cornish plants that I have seen (and the one at Burncoose) are female. Here separate male…

…week on and more orange now on Acer palmatum ‘Sango kaku’. Acer palmatum ‘Sango kaku’ The south facing Podocarpus salignus is quite a sight with its drooping branches. Podocarpus salignus…

…propped. Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ Magnolia ‘Princess Margaret’ 2020 – CHW A carpet of seedlings under a solitary Podocarpus salignus. You never see enough podocarps or red berries on the tree…

…This is Narcissus papyraceus or Narcissus ‘Paper White’ from Spain and southern France. Narcissus papyraceus Narcissus papyraceus A ripe black fruit on Sarcococca salignus by the front gate. I seem…

…door so two colours of holly berries mixed with Podocarpus salignus, Thujopsis dolbrata and Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Variegatum’. Just the odd bit of Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Aureovarigatus’ in the mix. Rather an…

…puzzle. The contention has been that the two veteran trees below Rogers Quarry are the same as two of the three by the Podocarpus salignus clump. There are no lower…

…be a real rarity. Rhododendron serotinum Another unnamed Harrow hybrid rhododendron by the Podocarpus salignus clump. Harrow hybrid rhododendron More flowers on Magnolia (Manglietia) yuyuanensis. Magnolia (Manglietia) yuyuanensis Magnolia (Manglietia)…

…Podocarpus salignus clump but superb today and one to add to the layering list. Easy layers here as you can see. late flowering Rhodos late flowering Rhodos A dead Magnolia…

…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…

…Sarcococca ruscifolia Sarcococca ruscifolia Sarcococca ruscifolia That completes the review of the five Sarcococca species growing here today. Sarcococca salignus is the first to flower and, so far, the tallest…

…salignus clump. No scent yet and clearly rather tender. Bought from a French nursery and well worth its place and propagating. I need to look up its parentage but the…

…would be interesting, as a follow up to the podo article. I am sending some putative hybrid salignus material to Edinburgh next week for more DNA analysis. That small plant…

…be at Burncoose and Caerhays also. Michelia fulva – we had this one, lost it and now Tom has given us one again planted by the Podocarpus salignus. Huge glossy…