28th September

…a paltry four fruits. Sorbus reducta Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ has sparse fruiting but some are changing from rose to white with a pink flush. Not many though! Sorbus ‘Pearly King’…

9th November

…full out together in the sun Camellia sasanqua (white) and Lapageria rosea ‘Pictoee’. Camellia sasanqua (white) and Lapageria rosea ‘Pictoee’ Camellia x williamsii ‘November Pink’ – the first cut flowers…

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…

29th May

…photographed previously at Ventnor was P. excelsa. Picconia azorica Azalea ‘Rosebud’ behind the greenhouse at its finest. Asia/ Cressy to propagate this in quantity please. Azalea ‘Rosebud’ Azalea ‘Rosebud’ 2022…

30th September

…a newly planted Podocarpus wangii. Cuttings originally from Tregrehan. Podocarpus wangii Rosa banksiae ‘Alba Plena’ is now well established on the Tin Garden shed. My mother’s favourite rose. Rosa banksiae…

6th October

…red form of L. rosea. Lapageria rosea Lapageria rosea Huge fruits on Camellia xylocarpa. Camellia xylocarpa Winged fruits on Euonymus clivicola (which Tom had thought was Euonymus cornutus before being…

19th December

…Barbatum open. 1918 – JCW The white camellia by the Engine House, Rho dahuricum, mucronulatum and one barbatum are all nice, the pink and rose nobleanum are very good. 1914…

18th October

…sasanqua While the first to flower is now nearly over. Camellia sasanqua Pimelea drupacea flowering away in the Isla Rose Plantation. Pimelea drupacea Lapageria rosea and Camellia sasanqua out together…

19th October

…‘Golden Hornet’ Malus ‘Rosehip’ Malus ‘Rosehip’ Here is the accumulating pile of Malus with one more delivery from overseas to come. accumulating pile of Malus Secondary new growth on Persea…