29th October

…colour! Cotinus coggygria Cotinus coggygria Cotinus coggygria ‘Smoky Joe’ – hints of yellow in the darker red. Cotinus coggygria ‘Smoky Joe’ Cotinus coggygria ‘Smoky Joe’ Cotinus coggygria ‘Young Lady’ –…

24th November

…Quercus phellos Cotinus ‘Grace’ with rather disappointing autumn colour this year. Cotinus ‘Grace’ Cotinus ‘Grace’ Cotinus coggygria has at least some decent yellow leaves. Cotinus coggygria Cotinus ‘Pink Champagne’ has…

6th November

…colours. Cotinus coggygria ‘Lilla’ Cotinus coggygria ‘Old Fashioned’ just starting to turn with the best yet to come. Cotinus coggygria ‘Old Fashioned’ Camellia ‘Tregye’ with an early single red flower…

21st November

…‘Grace’ with a mixture of colour. ‘Scarlet’ says Hillier’s but it is more than this today here. Cotinus ‘Grace’ Cotinus ‘Pink Champagne’ turns a vivid yellow with us despite its…

16th June

…at Edgbaston. Euonymus japonicus ‘Aureus’ in full flower. Euonymus japonicus ‘Aureus’ Euonymus japonicus ‘Aureus’ A tremendous show of flowering on Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’. Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ Cotinus coggygria…

20th July

…rain last week! Cotinus coggygria in full flower – smothered by flower in fact. Seeds forming in the inflorescences. Cotinus coggygria Cotinus coggygria Euonymus japonicus with late flowers. Euonymus japonicus…

23rd July

…sellowiana Clematis x durandii and Acca sellowiana 2020 – CHW Cotinus ‘Grace’ with its second set of new growth Cotinus ‘Grace’ Cotinus ‘Grace’ The flower heads are left as skeletons…

8th October

…to be dwarfish in habit with bronze leaves that show a hint of red on the newer growth. Cotinus coggyria ‘Lilla’ Cotinus coggyria ‘Lilla’ Yucca filamentosa ‘Ivory Towers’ is a…

18th July

…2 years of droughts. Robinia x slavinii ‘Hillieri’ Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ and Hydrangea ‘Generale Vicomtesse de Vibraye’ look good together. Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ 2023 – CHW A marvellous…

18th September

…up. Pyracantha berries Cotinus ‘Grace’ turning colour nicely but not yet at its best. Cotinus ‘Grace’ We grow many different Corokias and Coprosmas very well but they simply do not…

16th October

…a secondary flowering which I have not seen before but apparently this is not unusual. Vaccinum cylindraceum Cotinus ‘Old Fashioned’ putting on a superb show today in a brief sunny…

20th November

…the cash point today. Pyrus colleryana ‘Chanticleer’ Pyrus colleryana ‘Chanticleer’ Cotinus ‘Grace’ is equally good alongside it. Cotinus ‘Grace’ Deutzia crenata ‘Nikko’ with a lovely reddish-purple hue as well. One…

22nd November

…ever. Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Cotinus coccygra ‘Rubnifolia’ was cut back recently and is still in full new growth. Cotinus coccygra ‘Rubnifolia’ Enkianthus deflexus with nice autumn tints on this…

17th May

…coming out. Crataegus laevigata ‘Paul’s Scarlet’ Rhododendron ‘Silver Lady’? Rhododendron ‘Silver Lady’? Rhododendron ‘Silver Lady’? Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ and Leptospermum ‘Red Damask’. Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ and Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’….

8th July

…‘Emerald ‘n’ Gold’. Buxus sempervirens Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’ and Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’. Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’ 2021 – CHW Osborne House is run by English Heritage so they nearly refused…