5th September

…a week or two. Lapagerias Lapagerias 2022 – CHW I can see a very few ripening white seeds forming on our female Melicytus obovatus. This species has, according to all…

31st March

…‘Pendulum’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ Magnolia ‘Kalleberg’ full out. Magnolia ‘Kalleberg’ Magnolia ‘Kalleberg’ What may or may not be Melicytus crassifolius definitely does not have the ‘usual’ tiny yellow flowers as…

26th October

…out at its normal time. Much later than other species. Clethra pringlei Melicytus crassifolius now covered with white berries on the lower part of the shrub. Melicytus crassifolius Myrcia laurotteana…

31st December

…13.044) Magnolia caveana (NJM 13.044) Our young Adinandra looks well after the frost but in a sheltered spot (TH 4557). Adinandra Another Melicytus crassifolius but this one has no white…

20th April

…Mallotus japonicus Melicytus obovatus to show the size of the large shrub. You cannot see that there are tens of thousands of tiny flowers literally covering this plant. Melicytus obovatus…

5th July

…was a Melicytus which it clearly is not! evergreen tree evergreen tree evergreen tree 2020 – CHW The Rhododendron weyrichii in the Rockery is just going over.Then a trip to…

12th October

…of research on Sunday I think that what we have growing as Schinus polygama is correctly named. I also think that Melicytus crassifolius is likely to be correctly named despite…

4th April

…Schimus and Melicytus. Burncoose grew a few species years ago. Myrsine divaricata Myrsine divaricata A gift from Raf Lenaerts – Magnolia laevifolia x M. maudiae ‘Eternal Spring’ is flowering away…