9th August

tenuifolium Pittosporum tenuifolium Pittosporum tenuifolium A fat fruit forming on Passiflora caerulea. It will soon go yellow. Passiflora caerulea 2016 – CHW No entry. 2015 – CHW No entry. 1994…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 3)

…One forgets how remarkable the flowers on Pittosporum tenuifolium can be. Pittosporum tenuifolium Pittosporum tenuifolium Trevor Edwards, Thomas Methuen Campbell, and the two gardeners. Trevor Edwards, Thomas Methuen Campbell, and…

8th April

…violets In the conservatory Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Tom Thumb’ and Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Prostratus’. Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Tom Thumb’ The first rose nearly in flower on the lawn. first rose 2022 – CHW…

26th April

…Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ with pink tips to its petals. Michelia ‘Fairy Lime’ Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Garnettii’ with a lovely contrast between…

3rd July

…out in flower. The flowers have flared yellow throats. Phygelius x rectus ‘Devil’s Tears’ Phygelius x rectus ‘Devil’s Tears’ The enormous Pittosporum tenuifolium which gives us privacy has been partially…

10th July

…the ancient Pittosporum tenuifolium in the garden has sunk over even more, so further branches have had to go. The insurance company once got stroppy about the threat to the…

12th July

…been round to prune the old leaning Pittosporum tenuifolium tree in our Seaview garden. Pittosporum tenuifolium Very efficient but, I suspect, unusual (and worrying for their normal work ethic) for…

20th July

…The Caerhays raised Escallonia ‘Iveyi’. Escallonia ‘Iveyi’ Fuchsia ‘Lady Boothby’ starting to climb up a drainpipe. Fuchsia ‘Lady Boothby’ The ancient Pittosporum tenuifolium is very nearly dead. Several branches of…

9th November

…Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Variegatum’ works well in a vase with Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’. Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Variegatum’ The view out over Porthluney Beach from the Isla Rose Plantation at about 4pm…

1st January

…holly berries mixed with Podocarpus salignus, Thujopsis dolbrata and Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Variegatum’. Just the odd bit of Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Aureovarigatus’ in the mix. Rather an original mix! Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’…

4th July

…‘General Sikorski’ is one of those nice but unusual plant combinations of ‘this grows nicely with this’. Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Tom Thumb’ likewise with the cornus. Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’ and Clematis…

24th July

…much else out after the tidy up though. Hebe carnea Hebe carnea The huge Pittosporum tenuifolium looks well for its huge size with little die back from the top. We…