…a bit bare now as older cordylines have been getting some nasty disease in Cornish gardens. No doubt yet another supposedly undiscovered phythopthera which will excite Defra. Cordyline australis Cordyline…

…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…

Next Day > < Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW (images to follow) 2023 – CHW The Cordyline australis clump cut down…

…see before returning to quieter village life. 2021 – CHW Cordyline australis in full flower. Cordyline australis Azalea indicum ‘Balsaminaeflorum’ Azalea indicum ‘Balsaminaeflorum’ Agapetes serpens with flower buds in the…

…not as far on as Acacia cultriformis. Acacia melanoxylon A young and previously thriving Embothrium by the Playhouse smashed to bits in the recent gales. Embothrium The multi stemmed Cordyline…

…Cordyline australis by the front door is now multi-stemmed and in rude health. Many of these specimen Cornish palms have died recently from some disease. Truro and Falmouth roads look…

…given up on the half cut back Cordyline australis. After the drought it only had 3 or 4 terminal green shoots, so now a ground level cutback. They normally reshoot…

…Polytunnels The Pittosporum tunnel all tidied and ready for spring. Pittosporum tunnel Similarly the Yuccas, Cordyline and Phormium. Yuccas, Cordyline and Phormium Acacia rhetinodes just coming out. Acacia rhetinodes Ribes…

…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…

…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…