4th October

…but has had a good growing year. The leaves are huge and styrax like but with lighter undersides. Sinowilsonia henryi Sinowilsonia henryi A self-sown rhododendron seedling on a tree fern

11th March

…Not that much rot in the centre of the trunk of the beech tree. An unusual direction to the wind (NE) caused it to topple prematurely. beech tree beech tree

14th April

…around the main fernery by Tim and Jack who started working here this week (from Trewarthenick). A decent fire beside the well frosted tree fern fronds which they have not…

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 3)

…towers over tree ferns. huge Eucalyptus globulus huge Eucalyptus globulus huge Eucalyptus globulus Saprophytic ferns grow on the tree trunks – perhaps a polypodium leaf? Saprophytic ferns Tree ferns abound…

14th February

…signage Flower buds blown off Rhododendron sutchuenense before they could open. Rhododendron sutchuenense A yew tree growing from a fallen tree fern trunk which I found by accident. yew tree

22nd June

…Ginkgo biloba ‘Autumn Gold’ A tree fern on Sinogrande Walk with Rh. ponticum and Quercus ilex growing from its trunk. tree fern The (untraceable) and dwarf Carpinus nimpoli finally getting…

24th December

…2018 – CHW Tree fern seedlings developing in the moss at the base of an elderly sweet chestnut tree. Tree fern seedlings The sweet chestnut is dying of old age…

4th November

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW A tree fern growing well in the centre of a rotting oak tree

6th October

…year old beech tree elderly 120 year old beech tree The tree stump of the young beech (70 or so years old) was however not rotten at all. tree stump…

4th August

…consuming with such a prickly tree (last time I photographed these two trees I got the naming the wrong way around). A spreading tree with no easy access to the…