…has hardly turned yet although it appears autumnal.Cercis ‘Forest Pansy’ is most striking on the drive. Cercis ‘Forest Pansy’ Cercis ‘Forest Pansy’ Cercis ‘Forest Pansy’ The schima is still full…

…just how stunning Cercis canadensis ‘Forrest Pansy’ is when in leaf. It is very late to come into leaf but then… Cercis canadensis ‘Forrest Pansy’ Cercis canadensis ‘Forrest Pansy’ Cercis…

…day. Eucryphia moorei just inside the entrance to the nursery. Eucryphia moorei Eucryphia moorei Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ exhibiting its autumn colours. Cercis canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ The new introduction to…

…nursery. A dullish colour but the flower spikes are 4-5ft tall. Hedychium densiflorum Hedychium densiflorum What a wonderful colour combination of Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ and Ceros canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ makes….

…catkins. Betula utilis ‘Forest Blush’ Betula utilis ‘Forest Blush’ Salix magnifica with a full display of male catkins and female flowers. Salix magnifica Salix magnifica Abies homolepis also with male…

…emerging flowers below it in Kennel Close. Euonymus monbeigii Euonymus monbeigii Betula utilis ‘Forest Blush’ with large numbers of enormous catkins for the first time with us. Betula utilis ‘Forest…

…are now ripe. Sorbus hedlundii (KR1810A) Betula utilis ‘Forest Blush’ peeling from pink to white. Betula utilis ‘Forest Blush’ Betula utilis ‘Forest Blush’ Ripening seed on Tilia japonica ‘Ernest Wilson’…

…pods. Euonymus maximowiczianus (E. sachalinensis) First flowers on Illicium parviflorum ‘Forest Green’. Small yellowish flowers which are, so far, in pairs. Illicium parviflorum ‘Forest Green’ Camellia brevistyla var. rubida (ex…

…Mahonia nitens ‘Cabaret’ Mahonia nitens ‘Cabaret’ Ceratostigma willmottianum ‘Forest Blue’ has just finishing flowering but still a most attractive blue. Ceratostigma willmottianum ‘Forest Blue’ The Acer palmatum varieties imported from…

…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…

…Forest’ Rudbeckia ‘Enchanted Forest’ Rudbeckia ‘Enchanted Romance’ Rudbeckia ‘Enchanted Romance’ Rudbeckia ‘Enchanted Embers’ Rudbeckia ‘Enchanted Embers’ Rudbeckia ‘Enchanted Flame’ Rudbeckia ‘Enchanted Flame’ Clematis ‘Fascination’ Clematis ‘Fascination’ Clematis ‘Aromatica’ Clematis ‘Aromatica’…

…similis var. delavayi. Lonicera ‘Dropmore Scarlet’ Bergenia cordifolia ‘Rotblum’ out in flower already. Bergenia cordifolia ‘Rotblum’ Ceratostigma willmottianum ‘Forest Blue’ out earlier than usual as well. Ceratostigma willmottianum ‘Forest Blue’…

…We look at Rhododendron ‘Logan Damaris’ which my father always said was the best yellow. The original clump by the podocarpus forest died out years ago but yellows have improved…

…is owned by the Ministry of Agriculture/ Forest Service and was closed for major tree surgery work. The 12½ acre woodland garden is known as the Annesley Garden. We were…

…St James Piccadilly Muscular Dystrophy UK – Forest Bathing Garden. Terence Higgins Trust – Bridge to 2030 Garden. Terence Higgins Trust – Bridge to 2030 Garden RHS Feature Garden –…

…Hovenia acerba – Illicium parviflorum Forest Green – Leitneria floridana – Salix irrorate – Sapium japonicum – Zelkova serrata Variegata 2023 – CHWAnother interesting old newspaper article from 1871 regarding…

…not set a crop of seed like this with us? Seedlings self-sown under this massive forest canopy tree? Seed all over the ground and still ripe on the tree. Asia…

…under the evergreens, quite like being in that type of Fagaceous forest in Asia. We were surprised to see Emmenopterys trees in Vietnam recently, it will be interesting to see…