8th April

…‘Bokrafoot’ Mahonia ‘Bokrafoot’ Mahonia ‘Bokrafoot’ An impressive trunk on an ancient Nothofagus dombeyi. Nothofagus dombeyi Nothofagus dombeyi A superb glade of Acer palmatum ‘Orange Dream’ glowing in the sunlight. One…

13th August

…scabiosa Nothofagus antarctica about 30 years old with a fine crop of beechmast just forming. Nothofagus antarctica Nothofagus antarctica Some insect has formed cobwebbed cocoons all over a Prunus avium….

7th November

Nothofagus fusca Nothofagus fusca Good seed pods on Enkianthus serrulatus. Not many and all gathered. No other enkianthus nearby so should come true if they germinate. Enkianthus serrulatus Enkianthus serrulatus…

1st April

…trees. Ilex cyrtura Ilex cyrtura Ilex cyrtura Ilex cyrtura A record Nothofagus cunninghamii. Nothofagus cunninghamii Nothofagus cunninghamii Laurelia serrata with an even more trailing habit than ours. A wall of…

29th April

…macrophylla ‘Sun King’ has no leaves after the cold but huge amounts of flower. Sophora macrophylla ‘Sun King’ Wonderful reddish-bronze new growth on Nothofagus solanderi or is it Nothofagus cunninghamii….

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 3)

…bidwillii Nothofagus cunninghamii with peculiar new growth. Nothofagus cunninghamii Nothofagus cunninghamii Hakea saligna (protea family) with flower and seeds. Hakea saligna Acacia mucronatus in flower. Acacia mucronatus Acacia mucronatus Alchemilla…

12th January

…van Veen’ Magnolia ‘Genie’ is covered in bud. Magnolia ‘Genie’ The pruning of Nothofagus fusca is complete. Nothofagus fusca Daphne bholua ‘Darjeeling’ now full out. Daphne bholua ‘Darjeeling’ Daphne bholua…

19th August

…‘Fastigiata’ Well-developed trunk on Nothofagus antarctica. Nothofagus antarctica 2022 – CHW A yellowish berried form of Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) growing beside leather moorland on top of a hill. Sorbus aucuparia…

26th September

…ficoides. Ilex ficoides The trunk of a young Nothofagus which I pushed over today. Another drought casualty. trunk of a young Nothofagus Eucryphia moorei full out high up, but going…

12th June

…from Taiwain. A Crug Farm introduction but not acquired from them. Collected at 10,000 feet! Viburnum betulifolium ‘Hohuanshan’ Leaves on a Nothofagus moorei in the frames. A species which grew…