Tom Christian

1st of the new red labels to highlight Rhododendron of Conservation Concern going out @TheBotanics. Being part of the @bgci Global Conservation Consortium for Rhododendron making us reappraise how we manage & communicate the significance of our #Rhododendron collection.

Incredible, secret firefighting mission saves famous 'dinosaur trees' smh.com.au/environment/co… via @smh

Doug Flint, Project Officer for @ntcs_info establishing exact locations for 400 conifers (including Prumnopitys andina) planted at Kilmun Arboretum in collaboration with @PKCTrust, @forestryls @forestryc @scottishforestry & @RBGE_ICCP. @Bertolicus

The falls of Bruar, #Perthshire on Boxing Day @PKCTrust @HiPerthshire #winter #trees

Just another Snow Gum (Eucalyptus pauciflora).

@PeterMoonlight Why be popular when you can be right! ;)

Welcome to the twilight zone.

@whinchliffe treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/prunu… if you have the time to spare and want to give yourself a headache! I don't know how much our understanding of this species has evolved since this was published...

Twigged... FOC lists it as Cerasus serrulata Doh! @_TomEChristian I will amend my blog!

Taxodium on fire in St James's Park, #London

Larix griffithii lighting up the Bhutanese hillside at @BenmoreBotGdn this afternoon #Autumn #Argyll #rbgehort

RT @UNBiodiversity: 🌱 2020 will be the International year of Plant Health! What does plant health mean for #biodiversity? 🌿 #IYPH #IYPH2020

More Eucryphia! E. moorei from SE #Australia is too rarely planted even in suitable gardens. Its hybrid (with E. lucida) E. x hilleri is hardier and still has pinnate leaves (with fewer leaflets) and small flowers. Both flowering yesterday at #Kilmacurragh #Ireland @rhsirl

Eucryphia 'Penwith' trying to steal the show at @Fotahouse #gardens #Ireland @rhsirl

@Lophophanes @RBGE_ICCP @Fotahouse There are some patula nearby and they are very different when seen together

Three @RBGE_ICCP highlights at @Fotahouse #Cork the Mexican Pinus teucote, Taiwania cryptomerioides thriving in permanently waterlogged soils and the Chilean Quillaja saponaria 12m and still going like a rocket! #rbgehort #Ireland #trees

#PEH2020 Grants and bursaries available: #grants" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">rbge.org.uk/science-and-co… but register for the conference to benefit from the early-bird delegate fee while you wait to hear... #horticulture #conference #grants #horticulturalbursaries

@whitmuir1 @RBGE_ICCP Nice to see that this has established so well! Sister seedlings doing ok at Dawyck and in Perthshire, and thriving at Bedgebury in Kent when last seen!

@Lophophanes @gingergairdner @SconePalace @ntcs_info @zsstevens Even beating macroptera to the top of the league? treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/ptero…

Well, this is what we were hoping for! £300,000 combined for Enzo Homes & Fiorenzo Sauro, & £120,000 for Arwyn Morgan, who felled the tree & 70 others in an area of ancient woodland. This is a massive fine. Well done Swansea Council. Possibly an appeal! bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-…

@gingergairdner @SconePalace @ntcs_info @zsstevens Great to see it doing so well!