…with red new growth and not the x raphiobotrya cross at all? Eriobotrya deflexa in fact? Need to keep an eye on these plants – the jury is out! Eriobotrya…

…would never live or thrive. Massive rabbit damage year on year to the stems and trunks but still they prosper. Eriobotrya japonica Eriobotrya japonica Eriobotrya japonica Eriobotrya japonica A rather…

…any of the other two species of Eriobotrya which we grow. Eriobotrya Eriobotrya We are constantly urged by environmentalists to leave piles of deadwood to rot away and decay naturally….

…in the lower walled garden but the tiny oranges were never quite edible. Eriobotrya deflexa Eriobotrya deflexa I had forgotten that we actually had Lindera triloba but here it is…

…autumn colour. Pterostyrax levellii Woodpeckers enjoying the rotting trunk of an old Scots pine. Woodpeckers Eriobotrya deflexa continues to be impressive. Eriobotrya deflexa Eriobotrya japonica has rather dull new growth…

…Tetracentron sinense, with its odd leave structure, is not. Tetracentron sinense Tetracentron sinense Eriobotrya deflexa still has its wonderful reddish-bronze new growth. Eriobotrya deflexa Eriobotrya deflexa And Liriodendron chilense is…

…Very red leaves which may or may not hold through the winter. unnamed Eriobotrya unnamed Eriobotrya Turpinia formosana – a gift from the Taiwan Forestry Institute. It would seem Asia…

…(BWJ16323) ready for planting in the autumn. You would not guess it was an Eriobotrya! Eriobotrya aff. elliptica var. petelotii (BWJ16323) Styrax japonica ‘Rubra Pendula’ in the frames. Large flowers…

…in full flower. Symplocos aff dumicola Eriobotrya deflexa in flower and with fallen red leaves on the ground as the red new growth emerges. Eriobotrya deflexa Eriobotrya deflexa First flowering…

…growth. Eriobotrya deflexa Eriobotrya deflexa Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’ is a new one to us but clearly in the ‘Peachy’/’Daybreak’ category. Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’ Magnolia ‘Royal Splendour’ Cestrum ‘Newellii’ full out…

…Eriobotrya deflexa Eriobotrya deflexa Rhododendron flavidum full out. Another one we saw in the autumn with the odd flower. Rhododendron flavidum Rhododendron flavidum An elderly Rhododendron fargesii looking marvellous too….

…2018 – CHW Eriobotrya japonica flowering away in a garden in the village. Far too late for there to be any production of fruits despite the dry summer. Only once…

…‘Apollo’ looking very fine at Tregothnan. Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Magnolia ‘Apollo’ Wonderful new growth on Eriobotrya deflexa. Eriobotrya deflexa ‘Flowers’ which are merely separate clusters of anthers and stamens on Cercidophyllum…

…‘Michael’s Pride’ Eriobotrya deflexa outstanding today. Eriobotrya deflexa Reevsia sinica has lost a lot of lower twigs and branches as a result of the 2 recent droughts. Reevsia sinica 2022…

…Lancaster’s Christmas card said he was using a picture of our Eriobotrya deflexa in a spring article in The Garden. Eriobotrya deflexa Surprisingly attractive peeling bark on Maackia chinensis. Maackia…

…our Eriobotrya deflexa appearing in November. Eriobotrya deflexa I tend to forget this second Lindera obtusiloba tucked away behind the Acer griseum. Lindera obtusiloba Lindera obtusiloba Assorted fallen leaves under…

…frost yet and no colour either! Ginkgo biloba 2021 – CHW Splendid new growth on Eriobotrya deflexa. Eriobotrya deflexa Ripe fruit on Cornus capitata now being gobbled up by the…

…Sassafras tzumu The double flowered Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ has lasted in flowers for weeks and weeks this year. Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ Rhododendron ‘Johnny Johnstone’ Eriobotrya deflexa and Embothrium lanceolatum in…

…see good secondary new growth on Pieris forrestii ‘Forest Flame’. Pieris forrestii ‘Forest Flame’ Equally good secondary new growth on Eriobotrya deflexa. Eriobotrya deflexa Our best Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’ is…

…email from overseas after Chelsea asking if we had a plant which was a cross between an eriobotrya and rhaphiolepis. I said I had heard of it but that I…