15th June

…pekinensii Philadelphus pekinensii Catalpa duclouxii in full flower at 20ft. Our old plant is dead but these root suckers have battled to the light. Catalpa duclouxii Chionanthus virginicus just coming…

11th January

…lost 20ft of its crown in 1990 and thereafter produced side shoots from the base which are now mature. What I had not realised until looking properly was that the…

7th September

…to install steps and handrails to the top. During the excavations we discover a 20ft deep well dug in the 1880s into solid rock when the fishermen manually removed part…

27th July

…with flower panicles coming. Peumus boldus Peumus boldus Peumus boldus A 12ft tall Phormium tenax with a 20ft tall flower stalk. Only in Ventnor! Phormium tenax Phormium tenax Phormium tenax…

28th July

…a huge multistemmed clump. Leaves 6-8ft long. Tallest stem perhaps 18-20ft. No flowers in evidence. Musa basjoo Musa basjoo Musa basjoo Musa basjoo The very rare Mallotus japonicus in full…

10th June

…wants to be multi stemmed. The flowers are still some way off opening and this 26 year old tree is now 20ft tall with a nearly similar spread. Styrax serrulatus…

30th July

…not quite match the picture in the Chevithorne oak book the trunk certainly does. A 15 to 20ft tree in 18 years and doing well. We clearly now have two…

21st January

20ft. We put this in as a windbreak which it clearly is not! Phyllostachys vivax f. aureocaulis Phyllostachys vivax f. aureocaulis Phyllostachys vivax f. aureocaulis Phyllostachys vivax f. aureocaulis This…

1st August

…is quick growing and now 20ft at least in a very sheltered spot. Easy from cuttings says ‘New Trees’ so we must try. The plant is plastered in flower (although…

30th March

…Magnolia cylindrica. The flowers are not pure white like our original old plant. This 30 year old tree is now 20ft and so also taller than the original. A great…