…‘County Park Fire’ has responded to a harsh pruning to get it away from the Rhododendron sanguineum subsp. didymium and Rhododendron russatum. Podocarpus ‘County Park Fire’ Also in the Rockery…

…Cover’ Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ just starting to live up to its name. Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Podocarpus ‘County Park Fire’ not quite into new growth yet. Podocarpus ‘County Park Fire’ Podocarpus…

…Tennant’ Podocarpus x ‘County Park Fire’ in full new growth in the nursery car park. Podocarpus x ‘County Park Fire’ Podocarpus x ‘County Park Fire’ I have been trying to…

…replace. Ilex fargesii Ilex fargesii The exceptional Ilex nothofagifolia which has Nothofagus leaves and a tiered growth habit as a small tree. Ilex nothofagifolia Ilex nothofagifolia Ilex dipyrena – proving…

…it. across the car park across the car park 2021 – CHW Ilex centrochinensis (or possibly Ilex corallina) in flower which I have not noticed before. Ilex centrochinensis Rhododendron edgeworthii…

…‘Amethyst Flame’ Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ Magnolia ‘Felix Jury’ Magnolia ‘Picards Ruby’ x ‘F J Williams’ – first flowering here Magnolia ‘Picards Ruby’ x ‘F J Williams’ Magnolia…

…year. Quite attractive bark too. x Sycoparrotia semidecidua x Sycoparrotia semidecidua x Sycoparrotia semidecidua x Sycoparrotia semidecidua A clump of nine Rhododendron viscosum placed out below the drive at Four…

…seedlings A.G xx ½, Penvergate xxx, Diva seed above Engine House xxxx, Mound seedlings xx, also crino hedge xx.1959 – FJW In middle of good plant up – 7 Albas…

…Williams’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Delia Williams’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Delia Williams’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Citation’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Citation’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Citation’ Magnolia ‘Philip Tregunna’ and Magnolia sargentiana var….

…extraordinary range of colours from blue to yellow. Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Magnolia ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ New growth on Agathis australis. Agathis…

…is full out above the greenhouse. Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis. Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis The Styrax odoratissimus which we have always known as Styrax veitchiorum is…

…this height in 1971 as Styrax hookeri. Styrax hookeri Styrax hookeri Styrax hookeri Michael Lear lists it as a Record Tree in 2010 and refers to it as being ‘propped…

…flowers out above Crinodendron Hedge amid the Styrax species planting. Magnolia ‘Yuchelia’ Magnolia ‘Yuchelia’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ beside it. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black Beauty’ Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Black…

…is at its zenith too. Old Park Old Park Old Park Old Park A huge wasps’ nest in a bank dug out by a badger who was clearly repulsed in…

…entrance to the Auklandii Garden. Camellia x williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Elsie Jury’ Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis is in a good clump. Rhododendron edgeworthii x leucaspis Rhododendron edgeworthii…

…longipes v. fulvescens BWJ8188 x 3 Hydrangea serrata Crug Cobalt BSWJ6241a x 3 Ilex gagnepainiana FMWJ 13168 Lindera neesiana BSWJ13983 Oreopanax mutisianus BSWJ14912 Oreopanax sectifolius BSWJ14355 Parastyrax sp. nova BWJ15185…

…japonica just coming out. A real show to come. Sorbus japonica x Sorbopyrus auricularis (Pyrus communis x Sorbus aria) flowering here for the first time. A peculiar mix but both…

…the fruits on Crataegus x grignonensis and they all remain ripe but intact on this small tree. Crataegus x grignonensis Crataegus x grignonensis Nearby a top grafted Sorbus reducta has…

…under Kalopanax septemlobus. Kalopanax septemlobus Kalopanax septemlobus Kalopanax septemlobus and Quercus acuta contrasting well. Kalopanax septemlobus Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ properly into flower which it has seldom managed in recent years….

…have ever see a cone on the rare conifer Sciadopitys verticellata What I think is Ilex verticellata in flower Ilex verticellata Ilex verticellata Ilex verticellata self sown Arbutus unedo All…