1st July
…ceremony. unofficial planting of the medlar tree 2015 – CHW The large clump of Cordyline australis outside the front door is just going over. Dracaena Avenue in Falmouth is looking…
…ceremony. unofficial planting of the medlar tree 2015 – CHW The large clump of Cordyline australis outside the front door is just going over. Dracaena Avenue in Falmouth is looking…
…protection. Taiwanese I think. Rhodoleia championii Magnolia tripetala in flower. Magnolia tripetala A view over the Butia odorata avenue. Butia odorata Agathis australis doing well with female flower cones. We…
…australis Hoya australis Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramers Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Kramers Red’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica x darleyensis ‘Phoebe’ Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’ Erica erigena ‘Irish Dusk’ Erica…
…base which have no flowers. Cordyline australis Cordyline australis 2018 – CHW Fagus longipetiolata just in leaf with (initially) attractive and large coppery coloured leaves. The upper new growth twigs…
…stumps Clearing stumps The digger has disturbed a large wasps nest hanging in a nearby Camellia. Wasp nest The Cordyline australis which flowered so well last year and then tried…
…perhaps the nicest brand new thing I discovered today. Amazing fun to find such extraordinary new plants. This one the ‘African bulbine’. Bulbine frutescens Bulbine frutescens The Cordyline australis disease…
…time of the year for discovering dead plants. Here Polylepsis australis which is one of Asia’s favourites presumably because she has been the first to propagate this weird thing. The…
…10 years from 2024. 2021 – CHW Some very welcome rain and thunderstorms. The garden looks refreshed and revived.The Cordyline australis has had a severe pruning to remove the dying…
…Nyssa sylvatica Fothergilla major also. Fothergilla major Celtis australis Celtis australis Arbutus unedo ‘Rubra’ in full flower – early! Arbutus unedo ‘Rubra’ Callicarpa dichotoma in full flower too. Callicarpa dichotoma…
…the hills for a white form of Australis; luck favoured me and I found a good plant of it. Naturally we shall take some home. Father has been mad keen…