…out together – yellow and pink! Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ and Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ looking splendid. Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ Rubus tricolor…

…gents loos. Last year we saw this after the leaves had fallen and there were far less flowers than here. forsythia forsythia forsythia A large branch has fallen off the…

…this tell us? Another absurdly mild winter? I think I planted this 45 years ago. Forsythia (?) ‘Lynwood’ Forsythia (?) ‘Lynwood’ Forsythia (?) ‘Lynwood’ Stewartia rostrata has dropped most of…

…growing forsythia dwarf growing forsythia 2016 – CHW A ghastly day of high wind and constant rain. Not a day for photography or the garden Easter egg hunt organised for…

…forsythia Another forsythia This Mexican dahlia species was only planted in the spring. It is already a huge 6ft tall multibranched plant with a woody stem lower down and attractive…

…betulus Forsythia at its best. Forsythia Forsythia Seed pods still holding on Cercis siliquestrum but the seeds have long shed. Cercis siliquestrum A three and a half hour crossing in…

…the flowers still in bud. snowdrops 2018 – CHW Snow today at the nursery! Forsythia manchurica buds just showing colour. Forsythia manchurica Forsythia manchurica Azalea stenopetalum ‘Linearifolium’ with odd flowers…

…is the one pictured. The others have smaller flowers and are not showing at all yet. Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ You will not often see daffodils,…

…The dwarf Rhododendron canadense just coming into flower. Rhododendron canadense This (and other) forsythia had flowers in November. Perhaps some forsythias flower twice a year but I had thought the…

…as yet, unnamed. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ x M. ‘Lanarth’ The Forsythia by the gents loos are excellent this year. The Forsythia A few more new magnolias in White Styles:- Label…

…‘Shirraz’ Magnolia ‘Shirraz’ Magnolia ‘Shirraz’ I stopped on the way back from Burncoose to photograph this wonderful roadside combination of Magnolia stellata and Forsythia x intermedia ‘Lynwood’ in Perranwell. Magnolia…

…Rhododendron ‘Stardust Pink’ Forsythia x intermedia ‘Discovery’ Forsythia x intermedia ‘Discovery’ Armeria pseudoarmeria ‘Dreamland’ came second. Armeria pseudoarmeria ‘Dreamland’ Iris sibirica ‘Fran’s Gold’, despite everything came fourth! Iris sibirica ‘Fran’s…

…‘Myrtifolia’ which would be a good hedging plant. Ilex aquifolium ‘Myrtifolia’ Forsythia ‘Fiesta’ – attractive leaf colouration even without the early season flowers. Forsythia ‘Fiesta’ Cistus ‘Gold Prize’ – vulgarly…

…hornets nest in the this crevasse in an old tree but they appear to have moved on. hornets nest 2022 – CHW The Forsythia near the gents loo has had…

…Medlar tree and plaque A cold east wind and much leaf coming off. A day to capture some autumn colour with a thick jumper on! Forsythia ‘Lynwood’ has surprising red/bronze…

…on the Forsythia by the gents loo. Forsythia 2024 – CHW Completed the autumn planting today well ahead of time.Camellia sasanqua ‘Pink Goddess’. One of 8 new Camellia sasanqua varieties…

…form) out together again! Fuchsia and the ancient Camellia sasanqua Forsythia turning yellow then red by the gents loos. Forsythia Sorbus hupehensis (now Sorbus pseudohupehensis) with pinkish berries. Sorbus hupehensis…

…no hint of autumn colour. Cornus wilsonii As in the last few years a few odd flowers on the forsythia even before the leaf has properly fallen. Why does it…

…The young plants have died. Camellia pruning on Bond Street. Camellia pruning The odd autumn flower on the Forsythia which we now know is normal. Forsythia Yet another Magnolia splits…

…magnolias dropped their leaves in the last two weeks. Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ First flowers on the forsythia. We saw this sparse early flowering last year as well although the main…