17th February

…Brexit has arrived safely. The paperwork and certification cost around £360. So much for the ‘free trade’ deal but at least there were no tariffs. Pseudopanax Pseudopanax In the cold…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 2)

…have ever seen. Pseudopanax ferox Pseudopanax ferox The view up the shrub border just outside the walled garden. The view up the shrub border The front of the Clandeboye House….

11th February

…with its first flowers out in the snow. The flower buds and seed heads look much the same. Pseudopanax laetus Pseudopanax laetus A quite well grown Ilex yunnanensis behind the…

3rd November

…that out of place today. A New Zealander by an ancient white camellia and under a Chinese maple. Pseudopanax laetus Pseudopanax laetus 2015 – CHW Schefflera taiwaniana has seed pods…

22nd April

…stems. Primnopitys ferrugineus Primnopitys ferrugineus Pseudopanax ‘Chainsaw’ Pseudopanax ‘Chainsaw’ Pseudopanax ‘Chainsaw’ Nestegis cunninghamii Nestegis cunninghamii Nestegis cunninghamii Pittosporum colensoi Pittosporum colensoi Clethra faberi Clethra faberi Clethra faberi Viburnum erubescens (perhaps…

19th May

…‘White Caviar’ Pseudopanax ‘Moas Toes’ romping skywards above Crinodendron Hedge. Tree like! Pseudopanax ‘Moas Toes’ A good new clump of (deciduous) Azalea ‘Silver Slipper’ nearby. The contrast between new growth…

29th September

…ripe seed heads. Lagunaria patersonia Russelia equisetiformis – yellow in full flower. Russelia equisetiformis – yellow Myrtus communis laden with fruit. Myrtus communis Pseudopanax lessonii ‘Emerald Elf’ is a new…

20th December

…and hybrids of Pseudopanax. We are tyring to start a National Collection at Burncoose. Pseudopanax Surprisingly early flowers on Hamamelis mollis ‘Jermyn’s Gold’. Hamamelis mollis ‘Jermyn’s Gold’ Good colour on…

7th November

…Caerhays Estate Plenty of time to have a quick look around the garden and Mediterranean Biome. Pseudopanax arboreus just coming into flower below the entrance to Eden. Pseudopanax arboreus Malus…

25th July

…still has attractive new growth. Sizygium smithii Juglans major (Juglans elaeopyren now) is getting away nicely. Juglans major Lithocarpus dealbatus not so well. Lithocarpus dealbatus Pseudopanax ‘Moa’s Toes’ has survived…