…is over with seed pods forming and is ready for Asia to collect. On the other the flowers are not yet out. Clethra pringleyi Clethra pringleyi Clethra pringleyi Clethra pringleyi…

…Nursery after overflowering and overseeding copiously. 8-9ft tall and 6ft spread. Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi Clethra monostachya is flowering nearby in Bond Street below the dump for the…

…‘Pink Spires’ Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ not quite full out. Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’. Planted in 2003 this has now made a large spreading (by suckering)…

…taiwanianum. Viburnum taiwanianum First flowers out on Schima superba. Schima superba Clethra pringlei nicely out in flower. Clethra pringlei Clethra pringlei Clethra pringlei Disanthus cercidifolius just starting to turn colour….

…Mawe’s and we transplanted it here. Catalpa bignonoides Catalpa bignonoides Clethra kaipoensis with interesting leaves and flowers just opening. Very erect and upright habit. Clethra kaipoensis Clethra kaipoensis Clethra monostachya…

…in flower. Its unexpectedly good although I doubt we could grow it outside for long? Lagunaria patersonii Clethra alnifolia just finishing flowering. Clethra alnifolia Clethra fargesii just finishing flowering. Clethra…

…of as being late or even the last to flower. Hillier’s says Clethra tomentosa is a late flowering US species. Clethra tomentosa Clethra tomentosa 1918 – JCW The hydrangeas are…

…Bear’ full out by Georges Hut. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ First flowering with us of the new Clethra monostachya. One for Asia to now propagate. Attractive leaf formation. Clethra monostachya Clethra…

…Quarry Nursery died this year after only about 20 years of over-seeding. One flower remains out hidden in the small tree which this plant now is. Clethra delavayi Clethra delavayi…

…cutting Another set of fungi in Old Park to try to identify in my new book. Perhaps Hydropus floccipes. fungi Clethra pringleyi nicely out in the nursery. Clethra pringleyi Clethra…