…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…

…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 Diospyros lotus Diospyros lotus Tetrapanax…

…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…

…rather different in leaf to the three other Diospyros species in the Isla Rose Plantation. I must keep an eye out for the much vaunted autumn colour. Diospyros kaki Diospyros…

…(P. nussia) Carpinus shensiensis. Carpinus shensiensis Podocarpus parlatorei with late secondary new growth. Podocarpus parlatorei Podocarpus lambertii far less vigorous. Podocarpus lambertii Diospyros cathayensis. Diospyros cathayensis Seeds from Magnolia globosa….

…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…

…(rhododendron) had split and collapse was imminent. rhododendron rhododendron Fine autumn colour on Diospyros kaki. Diospyros kaki Diospyros kaki 2020 – CHW Work well underway pruning the huge laurels below…

…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 Rose Plantation. It is perhaps…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2024 – CHW Diospyros kaki as good as I have seen it in Kennel Close. Diospyros…

…ailantifolia Flowers on Diospyros cathayensis. Diospyros cathayensis Diospyros cathayensis A huge Zelkova serrata has more readily identifiable leaves in the shade. In full sun, and where seed is forming, they…

…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…

…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…

…– 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….

…to Porthluney Beach. Porthluney Beach Diospyros rhombifolia looked dead earlier but is struggling into recovery despite the heat recently. Diospyros rhombifolia A fallen Rhododendron arboreum limb has let in the…

…kwangtungensis in full flower. Callicarpa kwangtungensis Sycoparrotia ‘Purple Haze’ just turning. Sycoparrotia ‘Purple Haze’ Sycoparrotia ‘Purple Haze’ Diospyros lotus laden with fruit in a pot in the nursery. I have…

…Nyssa sylvatica Diospyros lotus with an interesting red and yellow combination of colours. Diospyros lotus Verbena rigida still looking fresh even in October. Verbena rigida Verbena rigida Ampelopsis brevipedunculata ‘Elegans’…

…major Eucommia ulmoides – a dull yellow and green but nice close up. Diospyros lotus – another yellow of some merit. Diospyros lotus Callicarpa kwangtungensis – mauve/violet fruits as well…

…Eucommia ulmoides Ripe fruits now on Diospyros lotus. We saw them forming a month ago. Diospyros lotus Fothergilla major strutting its stuff. Fothergilla major A surprise unseasonal flower on Rhaphiolepsis…

…flower on a young Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’. Magnolia grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ now full out. Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Snow White’ Diospyros cathayensis growing…

…var. notabilis and fruits of Cotoneaster moupinense. The best plants shown at the dinner were:  Sorbus hedlundii  Euonymus myrianthus  Cobaea pringlei (John d’Arcy)  Diospyros lotus (Kew)…