Advising on new plantings in the ruins of 12th Century Cockermouth Castle, Cumbria today, with the omniscient Martyn Rix holding the canes! #plantsman #eucryphia @ Cockermouth Castle — at Cockermouth Castle facebook.com/10001444614407…

Hedychium ellipticum. Such a beautiful #gingerlily. #hedychium #exoticplants @ Pan Global Plants — at Pan Global Plants facebook.com/10001444614407…

When you have a business meeting with a Michelin starred chef, you sometimes get treats... #yumyum @ Berrow, Worcestershire — at Berrow, Worcestershire facebook.com/10001444614407…

James Hitchmough catches me looking as silver as my Agave! facebook.com/10001444614407…

Gardens Committee meeting at new RHS Garden Bridgewater, Manchester, opening 2020, being filmed by the BBC. A huge project. #rhsgardenbridgewater #rhsgardenscommittee @ RHS Garden Bridgewater — at RHS Garden Bridgewater facebook.com/10001444614407…

I have admired and photographed this rare hybrid birch, Betula ermanii x pubescens, at Westonbirt arboretum for over thirty years. Today I found it cut into pieces, after a large branch dropped from it just over... facebook.com/10001444614407…

Spread the word. Let's get as many not-voters onto the electoral register NOW. They are the people who wouldn't vote for Johnson. I would imagine most of them wouldn't have voted to leave the European Union either... 🙄 gov.uk/register-to-vo…

Diospyros kaki, skinned and hung up to dry, #shikoku, Japan. Kaki are everywhere here at this time off year. Yum. #kaki #diospyroskaki @ Mima-shi, Tokushima, Japan — in Mima facebook.com/10001444614407…

Superb bark on the evergreen Far Eastern cherry, Prunus zippeliana. Very rare in cultivation in the UK, this is only suited to mild areas. Closely related to cherry laurel, P. laurocerasus. #treebark #tree #trees... facebook.com/10001444614407…

Pteris terminalis, with 1.3m fronds, wild in Japan. #fern #ferns #pteridology #pteridophyta #pteridophyte @ Haibara-gun, Shizuoka, Japan — in Haibara-gun, Shizuoka, Japan facebook.com/10001444614407…

One of the Cyclobalanopsis oaks from the Far East, Quercus gilva is a real beauty, with a gorgeous crown form on mature trees. Here in Kyushu, Southern Japan, today. @ Usuki, Oita — in Usuki, Oita facebook.com/10001444614407…

Virtually all the wild Acer palmatum we've seen here on Honshu, Shikoku and now Kyushu are the very small leaved subsp. palmatum. This is such a contrast to most plants commonly sold in the UK which are much... facebook.com/10001444614407…

More diversity in the fabulous Stewartia monadelpha, here on Yakushima; a jewel in the forest. #treebark #treebarklovers #stewartia #stewartiamonadelpha #yakushima #tree #trees #treesofinstagram @ Yakushima, 屋久島 — at Yakushima, 屋久島 facebook.com/10001444614407…

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Went to check on some of my early plantings cowleymanor yesterday with @kate_at_the_garden_gate. This unidentified wild collected Pinus from Mexico, probably P. pseudostrobus, was donated by The Conifer... facebook.com/10001444614407…

I don't know how common these relatively low-growing and heavily burred-trunked Platanus orientalis are in the UK, but there are a few around here in Gloucestershire and especially at Tortworth Court. It would be... facebook.com/10001444614407…

Tilia tomentosa, the Silver Lime, is potentially one of the most magnificent we can grow in the UK, and this specimen by the church at Tortworth is a UK champ. Photos just don’t do this beauty justice. Rarely... facebook.com/10001444614407…

Like a number of huge old specimen trees in the UK, the tallest British example of Caucasian oak, Quercus macranthera, @westonbirtarboretum is clearly grafted. A number of people take issue with grafting and some... facebook.com/10001444614407…

Another very obviously grafted oak; this time the best clone of Quercus canariensis, with very full almost evergreen foliage. This species from North Africa and southern Iberia is variable in its qualities...... facebook.com/10001444614407…

Just posted a photo @ Pan Global Plants instagram.com/p/CLnM-ZigfuF/…