This heading coined by my mother refers to the pace of looking at a garden properly. My father and I would hesitate or grind to a halt beside each plant for varying amounts of time, depending on how much attention or discussion was required. The image here is of Eucryphia wilkiei in fruit today, which would have required much stoppage and thought to inspect properly. It is the first time this has fruited here, not many seed inside, a few in each for a total of about 12 seeds. Received from the National Collection holders in Co. Down at Seaforde, a wonderful garden restored by Patrick Forde.

Reported to grow to only 4-5 metres in Queensland Australia, this plant has already reached 3m and flowers regularly. It survived the “Beast from the East” with no damage so could eventually prove to be a winner for smallish gardens in mild locations. I’ve never been able to root any cuttings and with the garden gene pool of one clone hopefully the seeds will work and enable a small population to become established of this rare small tree.