…and were cut down in the spring are shooting vigorously from ground level. Podocarpus salignus Podocarpus salignus What odd roots Araucaria araucaria has. Knobbly and grey. odd roots Araucaria araucaria…

…sent back to the Chilean forestry department as this conifer is now endangered in the wild. Pododcarpus salignus seedlings Pododcarpus salignus seedlings First flowers on Rhododendron ‘Mrs Lionel de Rothschild’…

…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…

…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…

…of seedlings under a solitary Podocarpus salignus. You never see enough podocarps or red berries on the tree to realise it can produce such a crop. Nor had I realised…

…stump at the 4-in-Hand. Lonicera crassifolia Rhododendron ‘Moser’s Maroon’ just about surviving the heatwave. Rhododendron ‘Moser’s Maroon’ A splendid carpet of new growth on Podocarpus salignus. Podocarpus salignus An absurdly…

…book of 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…

…always used to add the Korean raspberries as children (Rubus tricolor). Rubus phoenicolasius Rubus phoenicolasius Underneath the main clump of Podocarpus salignus a veritable carpet of seedlings have popped up…

…busy. Magnolia salicifolia Magnolia salicifolia Another week on and more orange now on Acer palmatum ‘Sango kaku’. Acer palmatum ‘Sango kaku’ The south facing Podocarpus salignus is quite a sight…

…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 with normal revision…