11th November

…‘Elizabeth’ 2021 – CHW Rhododendron schlippenbachii in the November sun. Rhododendron schlippenbachii Euonymus elatus nearing its best. Euonymus elatus Leaf fall under Kalopanax septemlobus. Kalopanax septemlobus Kalopanax septemlobus Kalopanax septemlobus…

1st November

kalopanax must be nearly 30 feet tall in 24 years. Kalopanax septemlobus Kalopanax septemlobus Euonymus alatus takes some beating too but on a much smaller and more compact scale. Strangely…

4th November

…too. A generally poor year for autumn colour as no cold mornings or frost yet. Kalopanax septemlobus Kalopanax septemlobus Berberis wilsoniae has no autumn leaf tints yet but the berries…

12th February

…Does not the blue label look great! Gold labels for UK and Ireland trees. Blue labels for Cornish (only) record trees. Kalopanax septemlobus Kalopanax septemlobus Camellia x williamsii ‘Celebration’, the…

26th July

Kalopanax septemlobus in full flower and alive with bees. What a fabulous tree this is even before the autumn colour. Kalopanax septemlobus Kalopanax septemlobus Magnolia virginiana ‘Satellite’ still has plenty…

24th December

…flowers on Camellia ‘Mary Costa’. Camellia ‘Mary Costa’ Removal of lower branches and general uplifting of Kalopanax septemlobus. Kalopanax septemlobus As ever the peeling bark on Rhododendron moulmainense (Rh stenaulum)…

15th November

…CHW Most of the leaf has already fallen on Kalopanax septemlobus. Kalopanax septemlobus Magnolia macrophylla with its autumn display and early camellias behind it. Magnolia macrophylla First flowers on a…

15th July

…species but I was well wrong. Aralia vietnamensis Aralia vietnamensis Aralia vietnamensis Kalopanax septemlobus is about to flower in profusion. We seldom remember to go and look at this time…

5th September

…on from planting. These look much nearer to being ripe than those on Magnolia nitida. Michelia yunnanensis ‘Summer Snowflake’ Contrastingly, Kalopanax septemlobus has far less gigantic seed heads than we…

13th June

…white deciduous azalea below the Kalopanax septemlobus but this one has a faint yellow flash which is not present in every individual flower. ‘White Swan’ or ‘White Lights’ is what…