28th July

…Hedychium gardnerianum Hedychium gardnerianum Hedychium gardnerianum Crinum powellii ‘Album’ looking very fine and no slug damage! Crinum powellii ‘Album’ Crinum powellii ‘Album’ Crinum powellii ‘Album’ Clerodendron trochotomum growing as a…

27th July

…with flower panicles coming. Peumus boldus Peumus boldus Peumus boldus A 12ft tall Phormium tenax with a 20ft tall flower stalk. Only in Ventnor! Phormium tenax Phormium tenax Phormium tenax…

8th July

…shelter. Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’ Tetrapanax papyifera ‘Rex’ Aristolochia californica (Californian Dutchman’s pipe) is shooting well from the base but most of it, growing through another plant, is well dead. We…

12th July

…Ilex verticellata Ilex verticellata Ilex verticellata self sown Arbutus unedo All over the place were self sown Arbutus unedo which thrive in these hot, dry coastal conditions There was even…

9th August

…to Bramble Field. Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ Eucryphia x nymansensis ‘Nymansay’ Secondary flowers on Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’. Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ Eucryphia milliganii already over and the…

11th August

…Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ getting going after a couple of previous failures near George’s Hut. Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ Podocarpus matudae covered in still green podocarps. Podocarpus matudae Podocarpus matudae Afrocarpus falcatus…

15th August

…(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 28°C…

3rd July

…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 has…

14th July

…heathers as well as daffodils. Erica x williamsii ‘Ken Wilson’ Erica x williamsii ‘Ken Wilson’ 2022 – CHW More inspections of the new plantings above Higher Quarry Nursery.Missing website and…