16th November

…Camellia ‘Noblissima’ Juicy black fruits on the Ligustrum confusum which fell over three to four years ago and then reshot profusely from the stump. Very quick to become mature enough…

11th July

…remaining branches. Hoheria glabrata Meliosma dilleniifolia on the drive still not out yet. Meliosma dilleniifolia Ligustrum lucidum with better flowers than one imagines for a privet. Ligustrum lucidum Superb crop…

2nd April

…‘Sunray’ Thankfully the former record tree, Ligustrum confusum, which blew over two years ago, is reshooting well. New growth aplenty already. Ligustrum confusum Magnolia ‘Vulcan’ has been blown open, frosted…

24th June

…Lomatia ferruginea at its best. We pruned up the lower branches last autumn and the trunk is producing new shoots. Lomatia ferruginea Lomatia ferruginea Ligustrum confusum with huge inflorescences. Ligustrum

2nd February

…which can so often infect the graft and kill the plant. restricted mag tree spiral 1969 – FJW First daffs picked – gales knocked over Pittosporum daphniphylloides and Ligustrum near…

25th June

…japonica out as well as Catalpa duclouxii and Ligustrum and Rho weyrichii, campylocarpum and argyrophyllum. Very hot, no rain since June 3rd. 1928 – JCW Styrax, Wilsonii Langleyense, Hemsleyanus the…

26th June

…years for nearly everything – including Philip’s one flowering for first time and Ligustrum really flowering. Azalea by front door at its best. 1988 – FJW First rain since June…

12th February

…let light into the passage and it seems to relish this. As formal a shape as an Italian topiary buxus or ligustrum. Few people still grow this tenderish plant which…