30th July
…conifers encroaching laurels and a large set of regrowth from an old oak stump getting in the way. Taxus baccata ‘Aurea’ Taxus baccata ‘Aurea’ Rubus phoenicolasius with nearly ripe fruit…
…conifers encroaching laurels and a large set of regrowth from an old oak stump getting in the way. Taxus baccata ‘Aurea’ Taxus baccata ‘Aurea’ Rubus phoenicolasius with nearly ripe fruit…
…elegans in full flower with plenty of bud on a large multi-stemmed bush in full leaf. There is always confusion with C. elegans and Cestrum fasciculatum / C. fasciculatum ‘Newellii’….
…multi stemmed ‘feathery’ small tree. Cryptomeria japonica ‘Elegans Aurea’ Cryptomeria japonica ‘Elegans Aurea’ Three snakebark maple stems in the late January sun. All planted in 2007. Acer rufinerve? Acer rufinerve?…
…obtain. Camellia japonica ‘Matterhorn’ Camellia japonica ‘Matterhorn’ Staphylea elegans won its class. Staphylea elegans Staphylea elegans Malus ‘Everest’ was good too. Malus ‘Everest’ Malus ‘Everest’ Rhododendron ‘Cowslip’ – a williamsianum…
…sylvestris ‘Aurea’ Pinus sylvestris ‘Aurea’ Pinus parvifolius ‘Negishi’ was likewise. Pinus parvifolius ‘Negishi’ Pinus parvifolius ‘Negishi’ The front of Fota House run by a trust. The arboretum is state run…
…out. Camellia japonica ‘Dear Jenny’ Camellia japonica ‘Arch Duchess Augusta’. Camellia japonica ‘Arch Duchess Augusta’ Camellia japonica ‘Arch Duchess Augusta’ Camellia japonica ‘Elegans Splendour’ (very different from ‘Elegans Supreme’) –…
…Jack Tidball’s wedding tent Primula japonica ‘Miller’s Crimson’ outside my office window. Primula japonica ‘Miller’s Crimson’ Gorgeous new leaves on Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula Aurea’. Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula Aurea’ Viburnum burejaeticum…
…wind today which has made photography difficult. Staphylea ‘Elegans’ Staphylea ‘Elegans’ Staphylea colchica ‘Innocence’ as we now think it is. Staphylea colchica ‘Innocence’ Staphylea colchica ‘Innocence’ Leaves of Staphylea trifolia….
…pairs as you would expect and about 2in long. Staphylea x elegans Staphylea x elegans Just a couple of seed pods today on Staphylea trifolia. This species can be identified…
…of planting. Wisteria seeds Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ now well established by the Playhouse. Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ Grevillea ‘Bronze Rambler’ Flowers and seed heads on Desmodium elegans. Desmodium elegans Desmodium elegans…
…with its striking mottled blue berries. Ampelopsis brevipedunculata ‘Elegans’ Ampelopsis brevipedunculata ‘Elegans’ Back here one of our largest Magnolia delavayi has split in half on the Main Ride. Magnolia delavayi…
…flower. Hosta sieboldiana elegans Hosta sieboldiana elegans 2017 – CHW A superbly fine and sunny day for the charity fete. 457 cars in the three car parks by 12.15 and…
…walled garden. Burncoose stocked this once and should do so again. Fritillaria imperialis ‘Aurea’ Fritillaria imperialis ‘Aurea’ Fritillaria imperialis ‘Aurea’ Ambrose restored this greenhouse but it is a wreck again…
…a pure green shoot or two and quickly cuts them out while Myrna feeds the many fish in the nearby pond. Hakonechloa macra ‘Albo-aurea’ Hakonechloa macra ‘Albo-aurea’ Hakonechloa macra ‘Albo-aurea’…
…tree now with a huge spread. Olearia solandri ‘Aurea’ Olearia solandri ‘Aurea’ Olearia solandri ‘Aurea’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ is more ‘gold’ in bud than when open! Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia…
…– small leaved form. Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Merlyn’ Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Merlyn’ Thamnocalamus crassinodus ‘Merlyn’ Phyllostachys aurea ‘Koi’ – golden yellow canes striped with bright green in the groove. Phyllostachys aurea ‘Koi’…
…in the early morning sun. This plant once went to Chelsea but is now growing away well. Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’ 2017 – CHW We arrive…
…Less & Co and once went to Chelsea. We pruned the nearby camellia last year to give it more room. Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’ Styrax odoratissimus…
…attractive drooping young yellow new growth. Taxis baccata ‘Dovastonii Aurea’ Taxis baccata ‘Dovastonii Aurea’ Manglietia moto (now Magnolia kwangtungensis) with its huge goose or duck egg shaped buds high upon…
…I have taken in before. Growing vigorous new canes now and rather attractive. Phyllostachys aurea ‘Argenteovariegata’ Phyllostachys aurea ‘Argenteovariegata’ Carpinus fangiana is another species which I had missed out on…