10th January

…and perhaps more semi-evergreen. Very quick growing indeed. Lindera angustifolia Lindera angustifolia A large elderly Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’ in the new Rookery clearing. Camellia x williamsii ‘George Blandford’…

23rd December

angustifolia Lindera angustifolia First flowers on the irregularly variegated Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’. Not a great flower but an unusual leaf contrast. Camellia x williamsii ‘Golden Spangles’ Still a…

12th October

…Heptacodium miconioides Araucaria angustifolia with ever growing cones. Araucaria angustifolia Araucaria angustifolia Secondary flowers on Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ in 40 Acres. Ripe seed on the same tree. Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’…

24th March

…Hoheria sextylosa ‘Pendula’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Pendula’ Hoheria angustifolia is a semi-evergreen and looks in better shape. No real harm here I suspect although no leaves remain. Hoheria angustifolia Hoheria angustifolia

30th May

…lost this species before. Araucaria angustifolia Araucaria angustifolia Outstanding in the nursery today were: Iris ‘Jane Phillips’ Iris ‘Jane Phillips’ Rehmannia elata Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Milky Way’ Cornus kousa…

8th December

…ripe but not yet disintegrating. Araucaria angustifolia Araucaria angustifolia Buddleia heliophila still has flower in the Isla Rose Plantation. Buddleia heliophila Euonymus wilsonii with a few very red leaves as…

23rd April

…stem. Lindera angustifolia Lindera angustifolia Rhododendron burmanicum just out. Rhododendron burmanicum And next door Rhododendron ‘Saffron Queen’ is as well. Rh. burmanicum is one of its parents. Rhododendron ‘Saffron Queen’…

16th August

…seed clusters under the old Lithocarpus cleistocarpus. Lithocarpus cleistocarpus Lindera angustifolia (FMWJ 13156). Incredibly quick growing and more or less evergreen. Lost several side branches in the recent storm. We…

28th July

…out on Hoheria angustifolia. Hoheria angustifolia A young Magnolia delavayi with its first flowers. This plant was a gift and is certainly a different form with what appears to be…

8th September

…saluenensis. Camellia saluenensis Rhododendron schlippenbachii starting to show its autumn colours. Rhododendron schlippenbachii The first time I have seen a plethora of chubby six-sectional seed heads forming on Hoheria angustifolia….