9th October

fruiting for the first time. Sorbus aff. ligustrifolia. Sorbus aff. ligustrifolia First fruits we have ever seen on x Crataemespilus grandiflora. Arching branches. x Crataemespilus grandiflora x Crataemespilus grandiflora x…

16th October

…years. Quite large leaves for a malus. fruits are golden yellow fruits are golden yellow One seedling however is clearly a hybrid with reddish fruits and a larger taller tree….

8th October

…of large round red fruits lower down and larger clusters higher up. red fruits red fruits red fruits red fruits Could these all be forms of Malus x floribunda? Very…

28th September

…folgneri ‘Emiel’ is plastered in fruit just changing colour from green to orange. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus reducta (top grafted) has a paltry four fruits. Sorbus reducta…

23rd September

…(Magnoliaceae) and, also, Podocarpus (Podocarpaceae). We settled on malus as being the genus least well represented here but the plan is for flowering and fruiting (or non-fruiting) crab apples rather…

4th September

…larger fruits than the one we looked at a week or so ago. Sorbus gonggashanica Sorbus gonggashanica Crataegus schraderiana with a few fruits more in the lee of the wind…

14th October

…a puzzle! Photinia villosa Photinia villosa Photinia villosa Fallen fruit under Sorbus cyclophylla next door to Photinia villosa. I don’t remember seeing this species fruiting before but have seen the…

2nd October

…a mottled appearance. Sorbus hupehensis A secondary flower on Magnolia ‘Pink Fruity’ – neither pink nor fruity! Magnolia ‘Pink Fruity’ Magnolia ‘Pickard’s Ruby’ x M. ‘J.C. Willaims’ with a number…

30th September

…Crug Farm nurseries have all got fruit on them but the habit, fruit clusters and leaf forms are very different. Photinia villosa var laevis Photinia villosa var laevis Photinia villosa…

11th December

…over Porthluney Cove. Three varieties of fruiting blueberries here (vaccinum). fruiting shrubs Just the aroma and currants to go in now with a few lotus trees which will hopefully produce…