9th November

…a very special autumn colour plant. Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius Clethra pringleyi in full flower above the Crinodendron Hedge. Clethra pringleyi Clethra pringleyi 2020 – CHW In the…

12th September

…get this going in the garden? Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius Indigofera howellii and Fagus longipetiolata as gifts for the Belvoir Castle trip today. Indigofera howellii and…

9th April

…it in wet semi shade where we have lost it twice. Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius Meliosma oldhamii looks nothing like our much younger plant? No orange indumentum on the buds….

1st November

…sure I have even seen these peculiar flowers before? Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius Azalea ‘Kirin’ with early flower. Azalea ‘Kirin’ ‘Golden Scalycap’ (Pholiota aurivella) I think? On beech…

12th March

…just coming into leaf. We must try planting this here again after three failures. It is very particular about its location. Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius A fine Fatsia polycarpa like…

4th October

…several different locations. Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius Plenty of seed heads on Magnolia rostrata but, as usual, no sign yet that they have swollen enough to actually contain any seed….

20th November

…dunnii Nyssa leptophylla now quite excellent. Nyssa leptophylla Disanthus cercidifolius gets even better! Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius The fallen Catalpa bungei Duclouxii Group (as it is now renamed) has been…

19th September

Disanthus cercidifolius Disanthus cercidifolius 2019 – CHW Second grass cut now well underway and the three islands on the lake have just been strimmed. Second grass cut Ross and Kel…

9th May

…for the first time last year, is now considered to be Disanthus ovatifolius. We had been told that the botanists thought it was a Parrotia which made some sense in…

28th September

…on Clethra pringleyi. This plant is four weeks later than another in the garden. Clethra pringleyi Clethra pringleyi This is another example of what Disanthus cercidiphyllus should look like in…