11th November

…colour. I collect a few for Asia to grow. A wonderful plant which Burncoose now stocks. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Cornus kousa ‘Gloria Birkett’ with…

22nd November

…praecox Stachyurus praecox Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ still has some fruits amid the last remnants of autumn colour. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Prunus ‘Shirotae’ is as good a mix of colours as…

14th May

…last autumn. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ turns yellow when full out! Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Azalea ‘White Throat’, a double, is just coming…

28th May

…Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Carpinus betulus with seed heads forming nearby. A good crop. Carpinus betulus Carpinus betulus Rhododendron ‘Fantasia’ at its absolute best. Rhododendron ‘Fantasia’ Rhododendron ‘Fantasia’…

15th June

…apparently but I have not noticed as yet. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ After all the phytophthera ramorum scares I thought we had removed every larch on the place…

23rd September

…in profusion but they have yet to turn orange and red. One to look out for if the pheasants leave them alone. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Stewartia rostrata…

28th September

…green to orange. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus reducta (top grafted) has a paltry four fruits. Sorbus reducta Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ has sparse fruiting but some are changing…

9th October

…japonica ‘Pink Chimes’ A fairly nearly ripe Stewartia rostrata but still too soon to pick. Stewartia rostrata A very unripe Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Ripe…

24th October

…Hydrangea aspera ssp. robusta Good autumn colour on Rhododendron mucronulatum. Rhododendron mucronulatum Rhododendron mucronulatum 2017 – CHW Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ now has many ripe red berries. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus…

4th June

…speaking) Quercus oxyodon. A viburnum species A viburnum species Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ is out in flower after its superb berries and autumn colour last year. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Magnolia ‘Green…

6th September

…kousa ‘Doubloon’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ has no berries at all this year. Last year it was plastered. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ 2019 – CHW Zantedeschia ‘Green Goddess’ with a fully formed…

28th October

…the popular Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ which is now in the Burncoose catalogue. This is an excellent find. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ ‘Strawberries’ on Cornus ‘Gloria Birkett’. These are quite small in…

25th June

…one I am particularly pleased about is Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ which has featured many times in flower, fruit and autumn colour in this diary. A superb plant which ought to…

18th July

…separate species in its own right. Viburnum odoratissimum var. awabuki Cornus ‘Gloria Birkett’ below Red Linney (and next to Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ ) is a cross between C. capitata and…