…Eucalyptus amygdalina Eucalyptus amygdalina Eucalyptus amygdalina Diospyros lotus, the Date Plum, with inedible fruit forming on a tree 30ftx20ft. It looks an evergreen but is not. Diospyros lotus Diospyros lotus…

…looking wonderful. Diospyros kaki Diospyros lotus. Two different batches, of different sizes, with somewhat different autumn colours. Diospyros lotus Diospyros lotus Franklinia alatamaha just out in flower. Franklinia alatamaha All…

…Diospyros kaki Diospyros kaki Diospyros kaki Halesia monticola in full flower. Better flowers I think than Halesia carolina. Halesia monticola The presentation to Lionel de Rothschild. Lionel de Rothschild 2018…

…Diospyros kaki for some weeks and here it is in Kennel Close doing rather well for a 2013 planting. It is rather different in leaf to the three other Diospyros…

…slowly after planting in 2020. Deutzia x rosea ‘Yuki Cherry Blossom’ This Diospyros kaki was planted in 2013. A few hints of autumn colour. Diospyros kaki Keteleeria davidiana making good…

…– a species I have not seen anywhere else. Tiny white/green flowers just showing which I have seen full out before. Diospyros glaucifolia Diospyros glaucifolia Aesculus californica at about 30ft….

…more like Asimina triloba to me especially after looking at Trees and Shrubs online. Diospyros cathayensis Diospyros cathayensis The new growth on Carpinus caroliniana (from Mexico). Carpinus caroliniana Carpinus caroliniana…

…female flowers while the reference books say they should be white. Slightly different leaves on this one as well. Diospyros cathayensis Diospyros cathayensis Olearia nummularifolia with far less flower than…

…caudata Bencomia caudata The first walnuts I have ever seen forming on a huge Juglans ailantifolia which is of Japanese origin. Juglans ailantifolia Juglans ailantifolia Flowers on Diospyros cathayensis. Diospyros…

…at Burncoose. Abutilon ‘Red Bells’ Bananas forming on Musa basjoo. Musa basjoo Musa basjoo Diospyros cathayensis. Diospyros cathayensis Diospyros cathayensis Zelkova serrata with seed forming. Zelkova serrata Zelkova serrata Zelkova…

…maturity. I now think that at least one of our young plants is correctly named. Diospyros cathayensis Diospyros cathayensis Celtis caucasica – Caucasian Nettle Tree – took some finding but…

…more globular buds to come. Camellia oleifera Camellia oleifera Nice colouring on Diospyros kaki. Diospyros kaki Diospyros kaki This is a young Frank Matthews grown Malus hupehensis in the Isla…

…– CHW Diospyros kaki as good as I have seen it in Kennel Close. Diospyros kaki Diospyros kaki Acer freemanii ‘Autumn Blaze’ below White Styles. Only planted in 2021 but…

…was imminent. rhododendron rhododendron Fine autumn colour on Diospyros kaki. Diospyros kaki Diospyros kaki 2020 – CHW Work well underway pruning the huge laurels below Sinogrande Walk. laurels I seem…

…the secondary new growth in the autumn gets scorched in east winds. A bone dry view down to Porthluney Beach. Porthluney Beach Diospyros rhombifolia looked dead earlier but is struggling…

…Diospyros lotus laden with fruit in a pot in the nursery. I have not seen this before. Diospyros lotus Oxydendrum arboreum now out in flower. Slow to come out from…

…with a few green fruits. Sorbus parvifolia Viburnum sambucinum with black tints in its leaves. Viburnum sambucinum Quercus rugosa. Quercus rugosa Diospyros cathayensis has some fruits forming after we earlier…

…sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Nyssa sylvatica turning colour nicely in a tunnel. Why does this seldom happen here in the garden? Nyssa sylvatica Diospyros lotus with an interesting red and yellow combination…

…the UK. Ireland Embothriums Ireland Embothriums Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ just starting. Camellia sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ Cladrastis kentukea already leafless. Cladrastis kentukea Gorgeous colours on Diospyros kaki. Diospyros kaki And…

…– what a collection of colours! Astonishing. Fothergilla major Fothergilla major Eucommia ulmoides – a dull yellow and green but nice close up. Diospyros lotus – another yellow of some…