29th May

…forming. A new one to Tom. Ilex spinigera Ilex spinigera A single flower on Rhododendron cinnarbarinum subsp. xanthocodon Purpurellum Group. Rhododendron cinnarbarinum subsp. xanthocodon Purpurellum Group Styrax formosanus var. hatayanus…

4th October

…spreading shrub 20ft tall with a similar spread now. Ilex spinigera Ilex spinigera Ilex yunnanensis with no flowers or berries. I first saw this at Rosemoor gardens and it hardly…

11th October

…planted out last year and growing quickly. Ilex spinigera Ilex spinigera Genuinely out of season white flowers on Staphylea holocarpa – white rather than the more common pink form. Something…

15th April

…its is developing really well. Lithocarpus Lithocarpus Flower on Roy Lancaster’s Ilex spinigera. A younger plant than our original. Ilex spinigera Distylium myricoides ‘Blue Cascade’ making good growth despite the…

2nd May

…Vaccinum ovatum full out beside the greenhouses. Vaccinum ovatum Vaccinum ovatum Vaccinum ovatum Ilex spinigera with berries forming on a young cutting recently potted up. Ilex spinigera New growth on…

12th April

…Clematis forsteri in flower in the greenhouse. Ilex spinigera, a liner with flowers which was a gift from Roy Lancaster last week. Roy actually collected this species in northern Iran…

19th September

…seeds discovered today which are not yet ripe:The rare Ilex spinigera with long drooping branches. Ilex spinigera Symplocos unknown An even rarer symplocos whose species is unknown Unexpectedly the Olearia…

23rd May

…a mystery plant near the Engine House as Ilex verticillata (near the Windsor Ilex spinigera) which gives us a second Ilex verticillata. Tom also confirms the much debated Lithocarpus nearby…