28th July

…five lobes. Firmania simplex Firmania simplex Firmania simplex Musa basjoo growing as a huge multistemmed clump. Leaves 6-8ft long. Tallest stem perhaps 18-20ft. No flowers in evidence. Musa basjoo Musa…

27th July

…Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’. Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ And on Magnolia x foggii ‘Allspice’. Magnolia x foggii ‘Allspice’ Annoyingly I find our plant of Callicarpa formosana (NMWJ 14553)…

27th November

…a C. parvilimba. Camellia costei The clump of Crinum x powellii by the greenhouse has died down quickly this year. It has been here for my entire lifetime. Crinum x…

3rd July

…6ft and perfectly 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…

8th July

…dead where the wind got it is Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’. Alive however where there was more shelter. Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’ Aristolochia californica (Californian Dutchman’s pipe) is shooting…

12th July

…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…

9th August

…Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ on the path to Bramble Field. Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ Secondary flowers on Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’. Rhododendron ‘Blue…

11th August

…is true of other clumps here and at Burncoose. Aesculus parviflora Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ getting going after a couple of previous failures near George’s Hut. Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ Podocarpus matudae…

15th August

…x (M. laevifolia x M. maudiae) Buddleja limitanea in flower. Buddleja limitanea Crinum x powellii ‘Album’ flowering its heart out beside the greenhouse. Crinum x powellii ‘Album’ 2022 – CHW…

14th July

…Erica x williamsii as I know that Lanarth, P.D. Williams and, his son Michael, were breeders of heathers as well as daffodils. Erica x williamsii ‘Ken Wilson’ Erica x williamsii…