…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…

…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…

…of Eriobotrya which we grow. Eriobotrya Eriobotrya We are constantly urged by environmentalists to leave piles of deadwood to rot away and decay naturally. Here the insects, birds, fungi and…

…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…

…guess it was an Eriobotrya! Eriobotrya aff. elliptica var. petelotii (BWJ16323) Styrax japonica ‘Rubra Pendula’ in the frames. Large flowers on the pendulous shrub have some pink in their centres….

…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….

…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…

…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…