1st August

…‘Falling Waters’ Also the last gingko variety: Gingko biloba ‘Variegata’ with irregular variegations here and there which are by no means all over the small tree. Gingko biloba ‘Variegata’ Gingko…

24th October

…tender plant has revived from the 2012 coldish winter and the March 2018 Beast from the East which largely defoliated it. Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ Gevuina…

14th October

…alatus ‘Compactus’ Euonymus alatus ‘Compactus’ Flowers on Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’. This form and Hoheria ‘Alba Variegata’ are both tender and struggle in a cold winter. Tucked away here in shelter…

3rd October

…although the flowers last only a very few days in the greenhouse. Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Variegata’ Four (of many) boxes of rhododendron seedlings grown the old fashioned way…

2nd December

…biloba ‘Variegata’ Ginkgo biloba ‘Variegata’ Betula ‘China Rose’ has lost its leader but is recovering well and making a decent tree in a prime position in Kennel Close. Betula ‘China…

17th May

…everywhere. A sycamore tree had fallen into the Fernery and, while clearing up the mess, a wrens nest in the trunk of a tree fern. Weigela florida ‘Variegata’ on Laundry…

Irish trip April 2018

…plant put in in 1961. Not as horrid as some evergreen camellias. Camellia japonica ‘Variegata’ Camellia japonica ‘Variegata’ Azara integrifolia var brownea with wonderful scent. Azara integrifolia var brownea Then…

22nd August

…such large and impressive leaves as Ailanthus altissima. Sadly no flowers yet on this 20 to 30 year old tree. Ailanthus altissima Ailanthus altissima Hoheria populnea ‘Alba Variegata’ was virtually…

18th September

…by mail order or to nursery visitors. Corokias and Coprosmas Corokias and Coprosmas Aralia elata ‘Variegata’ now with ripe black berries. Aralia elata ‘Variegata’ Caryopteris x clandonensis ‘Heavenly Blue’ superb…

25th February

…The rather unexciting Cornus mas ‘Variegata’ just out. Cornus mas ‘Variegata’ The 1913 Magnolia campbellii just now starting. 1913 Magnolia campbellii The Magnolia campbellii ‘Alba’ seedling in the Aucklandii Garden…