28th August

…old Erica arborea above the 5 magnolias but the regrowth is coming from emerging seedlings and not the old wood. Care with grass cutting here. Erica arborea The two large…

25th December

…bulbs show but several perhaps nearly all the unmoved. Erica arborea in flower.1900 – JCW Many Stylosa alba open. 80 lapageria on one plant. Coum one third open. Erica arborea

21st December

…I suspect. first primrose on the bank Erica arborea now full out having shown colour for a month. Here on the bank outside the Stable Flat. Erica arborea My father’s…

26th November

…flowers this year on Polyspora axillaris var. tonkinense. Polyspora axillaris var. tonkinense Polyspora axillaris var. tonkinense 2020 – CHW Erica arborea out in flower already but not every clump as…

7th March

…40 camellias sold in the last three weeks. sales point sales point Erica lusitanica and Rhododendron praecox. Is Erica lusitanica really any different from the Erica arborea which self-seeds itself…

9th March

…‘Pink Icicle’ Podocarpus x ‘Orangeade’ Magnolia sargentiana robusta x sprengeri ‘Diva’ Second Prize Pieris japonica ‘Forrest Flame’, Erica arborea & Azara microphylla Camellia ‘Brigadoon’ First Prize While cutting for the…

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 3)

…suckering tree growing in a swamp. Clethra arborea everywhere self sown and suckering too. Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon Acacia melanoxylon A huge Eucalyptus globulus…

7th December

…holding most of its leaves above the Erica arborea in full flower. Not unusual in December. Other nearby magnolias dropped their leaves in the last two weeks. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’…

22nd March

…are excellent particularly arborea. Over 70 species of Rhodo open. I put scintillans first. 1913 – JCW Some Poets are open, several Erica australis half open. The Arboreums about mid…

7th April

…R. impeditum ‘J.C. Williams’   Class 2 – Rhododendron macabeanum, praestans, nivuem Class 5 – Rhododendron arborea niveum Class 6 – Azara microphllya ‘Variegata’ Class 9 – Rhododendron sinogrande Class…