10th June

…‘monkey apple’ because of its large clusters of white to maroon edible berries. Unpruned it may grow to 15ft in height. Syzygium smithii Syzygium smithii Viburnum parvifolium lives up to…

2nd May

…Hillier’s says this name should be var. smithii. Very slow growing and squat in habit so far. Abies forrestii var. georgii. (var. smithii) Trachycarpus princeps with light bluish new foliage….

3rd June

…Cistanthe grandiflora Cistanthe grandiflora The Burncoose sales table with more colour this year than for several years. Burncoose Nurseries sales tables Syzygium smithii with a purple fruit which will then…

29th June

…‘Nymans Silver’ Sizygium smithii making good growth too. Planted last autumn. Sizygium smithii First flower on a newly planted Viburnum fansipanense. Viburnum fansipanense We always knew that this Michelia compressa…

16th July

…new growth on Sisygium smithii. Sisygium smithii Maddenia wilsonii is making good progress too. Very different in leaf to Maddenia himalaica which we saw in flower for the first time…

22nd July

…A new species to us. Juglans major Syzygium smithii doing well but no flowers yet. Around 6 feet tall now. Syzygium smithii Myrsine divaricata planted only this year but would…

25th July

…away quickly. Ehretia macrophylla Sizygium smithii still has attractive new growth. Sizygium smithii Juglans major (Juglans elaeopyren now) is getting away nicely. Juglans major Lithocarpus dealbatus not so well. Lithocarpus…

25th August

…Donkey Shoe. Hoheria sextylosa Hedychium coronarium just out into flower. Hedychium coronarium 2020 – CHW Sisygiium smithii has made good growth and more secondary reddish new growth coming now. A…

20th October

…last flower on Rhododendron decorum. Rhododendron decorum 2019 – CHW First and only flower ever on Sizygium smithii which was planted out today by Higher Quarry Nursery in the new…

8th April

…Hilliers who also say plants of this name are in fact Abies forrestii var. smithii. Clare bought this in for Caerhays but I have no idea where from. Abies forrestii…

13th November

…have just arrived via Burncoose from Avaxa Plants. – Alangium chinense – Comptonia peregrina – Daphniphyllum calycinum – Disporum smithii – Halesia car. Arnold Pink – Halesia diptera magniflora –…