…paniculata A huge Picea sitchinensis (Sitka Spruce) with wonderful bark. One seldom sees this conifer in maturity like this as it is usually cropped for timber. Picea sitchinensis An equally…

…The Copper House. Lonicera fragrantissima Lonicera fragrantissima A fine Picea amorika in The Copper House garden. Around 40 to 50 years old. Picea amorika View 30th January 1897 – 2020…

…Camellia ‘Narumigata’ A vase of camellias in the hall. vase of camellias The Picea omorika branch now fully decorated. Picea omorika The Christmas arrangements outside the front door 2019. Christmas…

…first saw at The Savill Garden. Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’ which is dwarf growing and colours up well in cold. Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’ Nearby is Podocarpus totara ‘Aurea’ which I fear…

…Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’. Camellia reticulata ‘Mary Williams’ and Camellia ‘Cornish Snow’ Periwinkle in the Picea omorika. Periwinkle in the Picea omorika 2023 – CHW An overcast and drab day with…

…‘Rosemary Williams’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Rosemary Williams’ 2023 – CHW A new batch of pre ordered new plants from various nurseries. A new batch of pre ordered new plants Picea…

…come. Polyspora longicarpus (WWJ 11604) Polyspora longicarpus (WWJ 11604) 2021 – CHW A fine crop of self-sown Dicksonia antarctica, Picea and Betula seedlings on the hot dry bank above the…

…plants will indeed take everything that nature throws at them. Acacia dealbata and Picea breweriana offsetting each other superbly. Acacia dealbata and Picea breweriana The tree fern valley had grown…

…– Centaurea ‘Silver Feather’. Centaurea ‘Silver Feather’ Centaurea ‘Silver Feather’ 2023 – CHW Cones forming on Picea abies which has now been exposed to more light after our clearance work…

…Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ Cryptomeria japonica ‘Sekkansugi’ and Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Gold Rush’ Picea pungens ‘Kloster’ and Sciadopitys verticillata Picea pungens ‘Kloster’ and Sciadopitys verticillata Wollemia nobilis and a very fine…

…capitata nearly full out. Cornus capitata Picea pungens ‘Fat Albert’ was a purchase from Trevena Cross Garden Centre and planted in 2019. It is not looking well and has struggled…

…‘Black Lace’ Sambucus niger ‘Black Lace’ Picea pungens ‘Glauca Globosa’ and Sambucus niger ‘Black Lace’. Picea pungens ‘Glauca Globosa’ Arisaema consanguineum Arisaema consanguineum Arisaema consanguineum and Calamagrotis x acutiflora ‘Karl…

…Rhododendron stamineum seen from above the Rockery. Rhododendron stamineum Cones just forming on Picea omorika. Picea omorika Schizophragma hydrangeoides on the top wall is in its prime although wedged between…

…flowers alone. The leaves do however look pecked. Camassia leichtlinii Caerulea Group Calocedrus macrolepis var. formosana is getting away. Calocedrus macrolepis var. formosana Picea morrisonicola with many male flowers and…

…from the show including Illicium ‘Halley’s Comet’. (Also Cotoneaster lancasteri, Philadelphus purpurascens ‘Brown Leaf’ and Picea crassifolia – all from Mr. Locke). Purchases from the show Purchases from the show…

…House Ghost’ still out in full flower. Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ Picea schrenkiana purchased from Mallet Court. Picea schrenkiana Another new ilex species for the collection – Ilex colchica….

…tea plantation. pagoda Abies delavayi. Abies delavayi Picea morrisonicola is Taiwanese. Covered in cones here. Picea morrisonicola The first time I have met Camellia azalea in the flesh! Rather battered…

…through the lower branches of Picea omorika. Vinca major Vitis coignetiae colouring nicely as it grows (yet again) through the Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ beside the lawn. Vitis coignetiae The last…

…japonica First flower out on Vinca major growing under and through Picea omorika. Once there was a clump of Magnolia grandiflora here which died of cold but the vinca survived….