…Agave americana Chitalpa tashkentensis flowering sparsely as a small tree on a hot dry bank. Chitalpa tashkentensis Chitalpa tashkentensis Eucomis bicolor in an outstanding clump. Some flowers full out, some…

…Hampton Court looking good – nearly in flower and just right for next week. Hydrangeas for Hampton Court Chitalpa tashkentensis nicely in flower for the stand with back up plants…

…colour. Carrierea calycina Carrierea calycina 2022 – CHW Quite a few shrubs flowering away in the nursery today.Blepharocalyx cruckshankii with its aromatic fluffy white flowers. Blepharocalyx cruckshankii Chitalpa tashkentensis which…

…of Chitalpa taskentensis in flower on a hot sunny bank. A tender and difficult plant even in Cornwall which I have only ever seen in flower before in pots in…

…muscari Liriope muscari Digitalis ‘Goldcrest’ Digitalis ‘Goldcrest’ Sedum ‘Red Cauli’ Sedum ‘Red Cauli’ Chitalpa tashkentensis Chitalpa tashkentensis Tibouchina orangensis with splendidly huge flowers. Tibouchina orangensis Cercis glabra has developed leaves…

…‘Coastal Sunset’ Out of season too are flowers on Chitalpa tashkentensis. Chitalpa tashkentensis Ilex mutchagara with black berries galore. Ilex mutchagara Cotoneaster bullatus at the garden entrance as good as…

…Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Ruby Wine’ Euonymus hamiltonianus ‘Ruby Wine’ Euonymus planipes at two stages of its colour changes. Euonymus planipes Euonymus planipes Aesculus flava’s autumn performance. Aesculus flava Chitalpa tashkentensis still…

…‘Devon Purple’ really is striking. Stachyurus praecox ‘Devon Purple’ A few flowers on a batch of young Chitalpa tashkentensis ‘Pink Dawn’. Catalpa duclouxii Fruits already on Aronia melanocarpa ‘Autumn Magic’….