…must have walked down the river from beside the lake. young heifer Then to Trebah for a Great Gardens of Cornwall photocall. Three spikes of Puya chilensis but only one…

…Puya have moved on from being tiny seedling plugs to decent plants in less than 12 months. Puya No flower colouring (or leaf as yet) on this large Hydrangea quercifolia….

…Puya and most of the Callistemon. Many of the Lampranthus colours, there were six or eight, have died out or gone. Three outstanding things did however catch the camera: Fucraea…

…the wrong plant. Nearly all the mature agave (not to mention the Puya and Beschorneria clumps) have been flowering and then dying in recent years. Where are the replacement plants…

…and one or two oaks look bad which I fear is the aftermath of two very dry summers even by Ventnor standards. Only 1 Puya flower stalk that I saw…

…Fatsia polycarpa Fatsia polycarpa Dasilioron mequeriomexensis – looks like a puya. Dasilioron mequeriomexensis These would be available to us at trade prices. Coming on for the future is a large…