29th May

…keysii Ilex spinigera with berries 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…

4th October

…have seen before. A 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…

11th October

…Ilex spinigera Ilex spinigera Genuinely out of season white flowers on Staphylea holocarpa – white rather than the more common pink form. Something has eaten them a bit. Staphylea holocarpa…

12th April

…Berberis hookeri liner in flower which Asia has propagated with great success from cuttings. Berberis insignis var. insignis Clematis forsteri in flower in the greenhouse. Ilex spinigera, a liner with…

15th April

…collected Lithocarpus which I hope he can one day identify as its is developing really well. Lithocarpus Lithocarpus Flower on Roy Lancaster’s Ilex spinigera. A younger plant than our original….

2nd May

…greenhouses. Vaccinum ovatum Vaccinum ovatum Vaccinum ovatum Ilex spinigera with berries forming on a young cutting recently potted up. Ilex spinigera New growth on Abies forrestii var. georgii. The new…

19th September

…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 solandrii still has some…

23rd May

…further. We did identify 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…