8th April

…stand Acacia cultriformis. Acacia cultriformis Acacia verticillata. Acacia verticillata Acacia melanoxylon. Acacia melanoxylon Picea glauca var. albertiana ‘Piccolo’. Picea glauca var. albertiana ‘Piccolo’ Abies pinsapo. Abies pinsapo Abies homolepis. Abies…

28th May

…Neil sets fire to his Xanthorrhoea glauca to avoid the stems getting top heavy with old leaves and snapping off in the wind. Xanthorrhoea glauca Aeonium arboreum (?) in flower….

9th June

…Lace’ Picea pungens ‘Glauca Globosa’ and Sambucus niger ‘Black Lace’. Picea pungens ‘Glauca Globosa’ Arisaema consanguineum Arisaema consanguineum Arisaema consanguineum and Calamagrotis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’. Arisaema consanguineum Fatsia polycarpa…

23rd June

…Orchid House Nursery. Rhododendron yuefengense Rhododendron yuefengense Cornus capitata and Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’. Cornus capitata and Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’ 2025 – CHW A very hot few days but the onshore…

1st October

…Is this secondary flowering or has the drought confused things for this species? Rhododendron mucronulatum Rhododendron mucronulatum Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’ absolutely smothered in flower cones. Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’ 2021 –…

14th November

…berries. Photinia niitakayamensis The fruits on Cornus capitata are nearly ripe. Cornus capitata They contrast well with the group of Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’ below. Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’ Brilliant colours on…

1st December

…cygnet looks fit and its plumage is changing colour. cygnet A fine white cock pheasant near the Bottom Lodge. pheasant Pheasants dry off around the Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’ planted by…

24th December

…Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’ which is dwarf growing and colours up well in cold. Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’ Nearby is Podocarpus totara ‘Aurea’ which I fear these pictures do not do justice…

2nd May 1897 – 2020

…It is different from Neolitsea sericea (formerly Litsea glauca) although I remember the old tree being called Litsea glauca? Neolitsea sericea has very different new growth. Litsea japonica Litsea japonica…

2nd April 1897 – 2020

…has one small live branch and some still live reshooting. Little cause for optimism. Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis The old Litsea glauca suddenly died about six years ago…

3rd May

…We grow only eight within this category:Quercus morii (young plant)Quercus fleuryi (almost too tender for us)Quercus lamellosa (original introduction Forrest 1924)Quercus oxyodon (original introduction Wilson 1900)Quercus glauca (original introduction)Quercus gilva…

4th May

…glabra and it is not the Quercus glauca which is what Allen Coombes wants. Thomas Methuen-Campbell thought this was Lithocarpus edulis. Quercus glabra Quercus glabra Quercus glabra Quercus glabra A…

11th July

…Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’ trees though. Anyway, you can see three stages of cones here; very immature and just forming, fully formed, and last year’s which are brown and disintegrating. Cedrus…

12th July

…come into flower. Should we try dwarf growing ones like ‘Balmy Purple’ here? Monarda ‘Balmy Purple’ An excellent display of Ajuga reptans ‘Burgundy Glow’ fronting Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’. Ajuga…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 2)

…and not looking too well. It flowers once in 3 years in a boggy wet spot over rocks. Carrierea calycina Gaultheria glauca ‘Album’ just going over. I do not find…

9th February 1897 – 2020

…The one Corylopsis not ?? marked The Pyrus flaggiana C. H. C’s Syringa The big Glauca Oak near Melinanthus The Ribes longisternosum 1902 – JCW Minimus going back, minor shows…

21st February 1897 – 2020

…Magnolia floribunda ‘Furry Uok’ Magnolia glauca Magnolia maudiae (hardy -20) Magnolia sinostellata Magnolia spaerantha Pterocarya macrocarpa var insignis Pterocarya rhederiana ‘Fern Leaf’ 2016 – CHW George Williams and friends arrive…

5th July 1897 – 2020

…– JCW The Actinidia in the Pinus austriaca is good. The Magnolia delavayi’s are flowering. Also Mag hypoleuca and parviflora. M glauca is not quite open. Rhodo’ discolor is good….