4th August

…Berberis valdiviana Berberis valdiviana Berberis valdiviana Isoplexis canariensis with a late flower and bulging seed heads. Isoplexis canariensis Isoplexis canariensis Isoplexis canariensis A wall covered with Trachelospermum jasminoides. Trachelospermum jasminoides…

18th February

…luzmariae Aucuba confertiflora – which we lost at Caerhays in the cold in 2012 Aucuba confertiflora Arbutus canariensis – tender Arbutus canariensis Arbutus canariensis Mahonia russellii – a tender Mexican…

11th February

…need to look up. Looks at present rather like a nettle! Canarina canariensis Canarina canariensis Amazingly a flower on Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ 2023 – CHW…

7th January

…now has a better leader and will become a far better tree as a result. Quercus canariensis Quercus canariensis Serious rabbit damage to the base of a large 10 year…

17th March

…with a flower Arbutus canariensis Arbutus canariensis Podocarpus matudae with huge podocarps Podocarpus matudae Podocarpus matudae Illicium mexicanum in full flower Illicium mexicanum Illicium mexicanum Rhododendron prostitum seedlings. Pink at…

24th March

…for these variegated Hoherias. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Pendula’ hardly has a leaf left on it either. I doubt it will survive but the twigs remain…

8th November

…recently has split in half in the storms. Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ is very pretty with the pink ends to its petals set against the white variegated foliage….

31st May

…Lonicera lanceolata. Not one to rush for but different and worth propagating. Weigelia ‘Florida Variegata’ Weigelia ‘Florida Variegata’ Opposite it is another Weigelia ‘Florida Variegata’ with a slightly different coloured…

8th October

…delavayi now full out. Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi Hoheria populnea at its best in the mist. Hoheria populnea Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ now in flower. Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria…

28th October

…anymore. Sarcococca saligna just out in flower. Sarcococca saligna Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ outside the front gates. Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ A good young plant of one of the…