22nd April

…Primnopitys from New Zealand. Formerly called Podocarpus. Tom’s Primnopitys andinus is just like ours – virtually leafless with trailing stems. Primnopitys ferrugineus Primnopitys ferrugineus Pseudopanax ‘Chainsaw’ Pseudopanax ‘Chainsaw’ Pseudopanax ‘Chainsaw’…

19th May

…(Michelia) ‘White Caviar’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘White Caviar’ Magnolia (Michelia) ‘White Caviar’ Pseudopanax ‘Moas Toes’ romping skywards above Crinodendron Hedge. Tree like! Pseudopanax ‘Moas Toes’ A good new clump of (deciduous)…

7th November

…look around the garden and Mediterranean Biome. Pseudopanax arboreus just coming into flower below the entrance to Eden. Pseudopanax arboreus Malus mandshurica with fruits. Malus mandshurica Malus mandshurica Cunninghamia lanceolata…

25th July

…smithii 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…

8th September

…full flower. Aralia elata Aralia elata Zenobia with ripening seeds. Zenobia Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ – in flower. An attractive combination with the leaves. Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Buddleia ‘Silver Anniversary’ Pseudopanax

4th August

…Trachelospermum jasminoides Pseudopanax ferox at 12ft with its totally different secondary leaves. Pseudopanax ferox 2016 – CHW On the way early to the mainland but just time to photograph a…

21st September

…Other spectacular plants of interest at the fair:Erica cerinthoides Erica cerinthoides Erica cerinthoides A very fine Brugmansia suaveolens Brugmansia suaveolens Nerine masoniorum Nerine masoniorum Nerine masoniorum Pseudopanax ‘Chainsaw’ Pseudopanax ‘Chainsaw’…

23rd April

…again The clump by the Pseudopanax laetus is as pink as the Hovel Cart Road form. clump on Hovel Cart Road The Georges Hut clump are a little less pink….

11th March

…growing well with a little leaf yellowing over winter. Schefflera delavayi Schefflera delavayi Pittosporum dallii – looks more like a pseudopanax. Pittosporum dallii Pittosporum dallii Pittosporum dallii Chionodoxa forbesii ‘Blue…

4th May

…growing tetrapanax, pseudopanax, nothopanax and schefflera. Do they really fit into a garden like Caerhays or are they really plants for Ventnor Botanic Gardens, Tresco or perhaps Trebah with a…