12th May

…Hedge. Maddenia wilsonii Maddenia wilsonii Attractive and dainty new growth on a young Meliosma pungens. Meliosma pungens We missed this acer on last weekend’s Maple Society tour – Acer cappadocicum…

6th March

…and very ‘dainty’ flowers. Magnolia ‘Brixton Belle’ Magnolia ‘Brixton Belle’ Magnolia ‘Brixton Belle’ Magnolia ‘Susannah van Veen’ is the New Zealanders answer to ‘Caerhays Belle’ and said to be an…

18th April

…Rhododendron irmelies Rhododendron irmelies Pittosporum parvilimbum with dainty yellow flowers. Hardly looks like a pittosporum. From Roundabarrow Nurseries this year. Pittosporum parvilimbum Pittosporum parvilimbum Ribes longiracemosa in flower. A new…

11th March

dainty Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ is a great show below Burns Bank. Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Camellia ‘Cornish Spring’ Masses to see and admire on a rather unmotherly Sunday. Lizzie has had…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 5)

…herbaceous gardens. The view of the house from the west The best new plant seen today in our 3.6 mile walk (so far) was Elytropus chilensis. A dainty climbing plant….

Visit to Tregrehan – 3rd November 2018

…like a holly or an Osmanthus than a Griselinia. Very rare. Griselinia jodonifolia Griselinia jodonifolia Griselinia jodonifolia Luzurgia polyphylla is also from Chile. A dainty climbing plant with round bright…

25th June

…fine a fortnight ago. Dainty pink and highly scented flowers turning white. The flowers stand proud from the foliage on long stalks. Certainly a rose that is sufficiently different to…

28th June

…ago. Spot on today!Newly planted Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala (CWJ 1244) flowering for the first time above the sales point. Very dainty! Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala Hydrangea angustipetala f. macrosepala…

5th April

…Philotheca myoporoides Rhododendron hypoleucum – a seedling from OP12168 with dainty flowers. Formerly Ledum hypoleucum from Russia and Japan so very much a rockery plant. Rhododendron hypoleucum Seedlings of Nageia…

17th July

…open above the main quarry. Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi Eucryphia milliganii full out with its dainty small white cup flowers. It looks dwarfish but achieved 20 feet at…