8th April

…stand (30 varieties). The Caerhays conifer and Acacia stand Acacia cultriformis. Acacia cultriformis Acacia verticillata. Acacia verticillata Acacia melanoxylon. Acacia melanoxylon Picea glauca var. albertiana ‘Piccolo’. Picea glauca var. albertiana…

2nd May

…you can see. 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…

28th May

…unknown banana in flower. banana 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

9th June

…‘Black Lace’ Sambucus niger ‘Black 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…

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

…atlantica ‘Glauca’ planted by HRH Prince Charles during a visit here. Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ now finally leafless. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Photinia macrophylla (HWJ 5614) which…

24th December

…yellow conifer showing up which I first saw at The Savill Garden. Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’ which is dwarf growing and colours up well in cold. Picea glauca ‘Piccolo’ Nearby is…

4th May

…Once a tree this is a surviving sucker shoot from the base. My father called it Quercus glabra and it is not the Quercus glauca which is what Allen Coombes…

5th July

…– 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….

11th July

…although green needled in winter, its new growth is certainly now a glaucous blue. Perhaps not as blue as our other Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’ trees though. Anyway, you can see…

12th July

…excellent display of Ajuga reptans ‘Burgundy Glow’ fronting Festuca glauca ‘Elijah Blue’. Ajuga reptans ‘Burgundy Glow’ 2018 – CHW On Sunday we went off to the Royal Isle of Wight…

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…