4th August

…that is has reshot from the base. Euphorbia stygiana ‘Santamaria’ Euphorbia stygiana ‘Santamaria’ Euphorbia stygiana ‘Santamaria’ Brachychiton populneus has sat doing nothing for three years. At last a little development…

11th May

…new growth (albeit suckering from the base). Neolitsea aff. polycarpa Euphorbia stygiana is now 15ft tall as a tree. Attractive flowers. Euphorbia stygiana Euphorbia stygiana A very late flower on…

14th April

…Camellia ‘Fairy Wand’. Camellia ‘Fairy Wand’ Flowers on Euphorbia stygiana which I had not seen like this before. A gift from Penrice Castle gardens. Euphorbia stygiana Euphorbia stygiana Flowers suddenly…

8th May

…and worry in the show tunnel. Euphorbia stygiana from the Azores has an impressive flower just emerging and should be perfect by 19th May. Euphorbia stygiana Euphorbia stygiana Pallets of…

12th August

…regrowth near the top of the tree in the drought. Euphorbia stygiana Euphorbia stygiana This elderly Magnolia sieboldii has died in the drought. Thirty to forty years old I think…

7th July

…The milky bleeding from the cut stems has stopped. Euphorbia stygiana Euphorbia stygiana Another rhododendron honey fungus casualty – this is the time of the year when these horrors show…

19th June

…sinensis Schefflera macrophylla with brown indumentum covering its new growth. Staggeringly good! Schefflera macrophylla Schefflera macrophylla Euphorbia stygiana with one seed head – its first ever here. Euphorbia stygiana Schefflera…