…this should be in the Burncoose catalogue. Did not turn a hair in ‘The Beast’ so seems hardy enough. Escallonia tucumanensis Escallonia tucumanensis Escallonia tucumanensis Clethra fabri (FMW 713037) with…

…on the watermeadows yesterday and heard a skylark on Tuesday. Spring is here! 2015 – CHW Specimen tree ferns planted Planting of the new fernery goes well in Cheshire despite…

…out yet. After a long cold dry spring much rain for weeks. Tree ferns beginning to move but several dead. Mag nitida have mostly lost their tops and also Michelias….

…fern business as well. Quite what ferns and hostas have to do with the orient express is anyone’s guess and the two look entirely ridiculous together. The Hillier’s stand which…

…out of the side of a palm tree. Unknown exotic bilbergia/orchid Unknown exotic bilbergia/orchid Cyathea medullaris – one of two mature tree ferns of this species here. Cyathea medullaris The…

…It is of course limited by the occurrence of the Dicksonia. There is still more to this as there are no tree ferns in Forty Acres Wood. My recollection was…

…Schefflera taiwaniana we know to be perfectly hardy. It is already 15-20ft tall at Caerhays and multi stemmed. This species seems to flower with us either in late summer or…

…collection of tender ferns, palms, bananas and agave etc gives Tresco a run for its money in and above an extremely sheltered south facing Cornish valley overlooking St Michaels Mount….

…williamsianum x Rhododendron decorum Picrasma quassioides coming into leaf. A Chinese/Japanese small, ornamental, hardy tree with good autumn colour. Picrasma quassioides Magnolia ‘Honey Liz’ just out with buds to come….

…all the history which was so nearly lost in the 1970s.Hardy ferns – apologies for a dull list but an interesting record of many new species I had not seen…