…Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Caerhays Splendour’ Ilex perado subsp perado is covered in nearly ripe berries. No sign of any flowers yet but they will come. Ilex perado subsp perado Ilex perado…

…a bought in Ilex colchica in flower. Susyn Andrews needs to confirm its identity next weekend. Another new species of holly to try here. Ilex colchica in flower Ilex colchica…

…to go in the Rookery. Tom Hudson first introduced us to this species which I have acquired from Mark Bulk. Ilex paraguariensis Ilex paraguariensis Ilex paraguariensis Ilex paraguariensis 2022 –…

…10 to 12 year old specimen ilex oaks which has gone over in today’s filthy gales and rain. ilex oaks Another ilex oak has been uprooted next door to it….

…time or the cost of the digger and Frankie to drive it. across the car park across the car park 2021 – CHW Ilex centrochinensis (or possibly Ilex corallina) in…

…Unusual. Now about 8ft tall. Planted 2011. Ilex cornuta Ilex cornuta Ilex cornuta Also out properly, but rather wind battered, is Magnolia campbellii alba ‘Strybing White’. Magnolia campbellii alba ‘Strybing…

…Gold’ clipped into a ball. Coprosma ‘Beatson’s Gold’ Is this Ilex Ilex dimorphophylla or, perhaps, a form of Ilex crenata convexa? Might even be Ilex nothofagifolia? Ilex dimorphophylla? Ilex dimorphophylla?…

…berries. Ilex cornuta Ilex cornuta Strangely shaped new growth and hairy stems on Callicarpa pilosissima (NMWJ 1450). No flowers or berries yet but plenty of new growth. Callicarpa pilosissima (NMWJ…

…fantastic ancient Quercus ilex trunk on the top of a cliff in the teeth of westerly gales. Quercus ilex An equally impressive beech trunk suckering from the base as the…

…years and will soon be a small tree. Ilex opaca Ilex opaca Ilex opaca An elderly Enkianthus chinensis with the full autumn show. Enkianthus chinensis Enkianthus chinensis Enkianthus chinensis Pruncus…