…Burncoose website as being for sale so here are a few pictures of the tree, its odd trunk and its purple twigs. Previously called Ilex centrochinensis. Ilex corallina Ilex corallina…

…all the names for these trees which have been used in our records since 1965 or earlier. twigs twigs twigs twigs twigs Ilex forrestii (syn. corallina) – this keys out…

…records. Ilex corallina Ilex corallina Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ has extraordinary colours in its bud and flowers as they open. Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Woodsman’ x ‘Patriot’ Magnolia x…

…here on an old leaf. Ilex corallina Ilex corallina Then we find what we have stupidly missed on previous holly hunts. Quite how I am unsure. Above Rookery Nursery are…

…are Ilex latifolia, Ilex corallina or some other species is still just speculation at the moment. Is our young Ilex latifolia true to name? Probably as it has huge leaves…

…Berberidopsis corallina trained on a back wall of the house. Berberidopsis corallina Phlox and early flowering dahlias. Phlox and early flowering dahlias Phlox and early flowering dahlias White Wisteria still…

…next spring and camellias to clear for our new rhododendron planting area. Trees to fell next spring The Berberidopsis corallina which once grew on the fence around Orchard House Nursery…

…did flower. It was eventually smothered by Berberidopsis corallina and died. When I look back the flower and leaf was that of Rhododendron magnificum. The two are not that much…

…in the nursery. If this identification is correct then what we had thought was our Ilex verticellata (but Tom Hudson thought was Ilex centrochinensis or now Ilex corallina) by the…

…by Berberodopsis corallina which grew here on the wire netting surround to the nursery bed. replanted the old nursery bed replanted the old nursery bed A quick look into the…