April 2018 Irish trip ( Day 2)

…Cupressus macrocarpa The house facing the mountains and the sea from a huge knoll. The house Big leaf rhododendrons self seeding all over in moss banks in a way they…

20th March

Banks. Strobilanthes rankanensis Strobilanthes rankanensis Illicium simonsii full out by the tennis court at Tregrehan. Attractive dark bark and red buds on last year’s new growth. Illicium simonsii Illicium simonsii…

20th May

…‘Mrs Lionel de Rothschild’ Rhododendron ‘Mrs Lionel de Rothschild’ Rhododendron yakushimanum looking good as well in a clump on Burns Banks. Rhododendron yakushimanum Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Red Velvet’ out on Burns…

9th May

…beech, birch and conifer seedlings have appeared on mossy banks above the fernery. self-sown seedlings self-sown seedlings Rhododendron royalii (pink form) was looking superb today but sadly is too far…

23rd August

…combination in the garden today. The two clethras 2020 – CHW One of the greatest benefits of not cutting the banks outside the front door this year is only now…

13th June

…the beach are doing well. landscape trees landscape trees First cut of the grass on the banks outside the front door. First cut of the grass Buddleia colvillei just out…