13th May

…shrubs Calycanthus floridus [ALONGSIDE] Calycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Calycanthus floridus Calycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Cornus ‘Venus’ with its numerous gigantic white bracts. [ALONGSIDE] Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way’ with its starshaped…

25th May

Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ Aesculus sylvatica planted in Tin Garden has its first six flowers. This is another good addition to the Aesculus collection although…

9th June

…robust plant. Calycanthus ‘Venus’ Calycanthus ‘Venus’ Calycanthus ‘Venus’ Salvia x jamensis ‘Hot Lips’ outside the estate office. You only get the two tone effect on some / a few flowers…

18th June

…montbeigii Deutzia montbeigii Deutzia montbeigii Deutzia montbeigii Deutzia montbeigii Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ and Deutzia montbeigii. Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ and Deutzia montbeigii Styrax japonicus ‘Jippei-Kawamure’. This tree was ringbarked by deer but reshot…

4th July

…on Hovel Cart Road. Rhododendron ‘Harrow Hybrids’ Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ looking spot on in Tin Garden. Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ just out into flower and a…

24th May

…was a long time before I could obtain a plant. Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ What I think is one of my father’s elliotii hybrids – very dark and…

A trip to Tregrehan to study Fagacaea

…yunnanensis Quercus affinis from Mexico with acorns forming. Quercus affinis Quercus affinis Calycanthus chinensis (formerly Sinocalycanthus chinensis) with its last pink tinged flowers and huge leaves. The buds are rather…

3rd August

Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ The newly planted Liriodendron tulipifera ‘Snow Bird’ only just survived the drought with a bit of watering. Die back at the top of the main stem…

6th July

…good flowers on Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ which we had full out on the stand at Chelsea six weeks ago. Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage…

1st August

…the tree which is now circa 25ft tall. I can, as yet, see no male flowers. Araucaria bidwillii 2020 – CHW Lillium superbum just out. Lillium superbum Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’…

27th July

…fargesii Salix fargesii Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ with a bit of slug damage to the flower. Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ Callicarpa bodinieri’ ‘Profusion’ flowers both in bud and long over. A lengthy flowering season….

15th August

…autumn planting. Corylus chinensis with enormous hazel leaves. Corylus chinensis Calycanthus ‘Venus’. Calycanthus ‘Venus’ Mahonia eurybracteata with its first flowers. Mahonia eurybracteata We saw this Lysionotus pauciflorus (BSWJ 335) in…

9th August

…is a spreading small tree and quite different in habit. Clethra monostachya Clethra monostachya Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ still has plenty of flowers. Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ Male and female catkin flowers…

24th October

…out and receiving the strong winds. schima Calycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ is turning a vibrant yellow. Again I have not seen this autumn performance before. Calycanthus raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ A…

19th October

Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ has a good yellow hue. Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ Cercis ‘Ruby Falls’ is changing nicely too. Cercis ‘Ruby Falls’ Catalpa bignonoides ‘Aurea’ with secondary…

7th October

…takesimense with the seed heads turning as well. Acer takesimense Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ with a late show in Tin Garden and the slugs are too late! Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ The newly planted…

31st July

…bud opens. Magnolia delavayi Magnolia delavayi Plenty of fat seeds on Styrax hookeri. Styrax hookeri Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ with a very late flush of secondary flower. Calycanthus floridus ‘Athens’ Rhododendron…

28th May

…Schefflera macrophylla with new growth. Schefflera macrophylla A Calycanthus floridus planted last year is deado! Calycanthus floridus Aextoxicon punctatum has gorgeous light brown growth. Aextoxicon punctatum This rhododendron failed to…

24th July

…a few flowers! Itea yunnanensis Calycanthus chinensis Calycanthus chinensis 2017 – CHW A trip to Eddington’s Nursery outside Nettlestone. Last year everything was new. Now the sample herbaceous border has…

15th June

…many flowers this year. Styrax hookeri Styrax obassia also hides its panicles of flowers under the canopy of foliage. Styrax obassia Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’ flowering well in Tin Garden. Calycanthus ‘Aphrodite’…