…Good value! Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Cladastris kentuckea is at its best in the late afternoon sun. Amazing but early autumn colour. Cladastris kentuckea 2015 – CHW Azalea ‘Babeuff’ outside…

…of pure yellow in the sun today. When will this USA tree be big enough to flower? Cladastris lutea (kentuckea) Cladastris lutea (kentuckea) Cladastris lutea (kentuckea) 2004 – FJW First…

…a good late show. Hydrangea aspera Hydrangea aspera Early autumn colour as usual on Cladastris kentukea. Cladastris kentukea A few more x Cupyrocyparis leylandii (to give it its latest botanical…

…Cornus ‘Gloria Birkett’ Heptacodium miconioides is now 10-12ft tall with a spread of 15ft. Heptacodium miconioides Heptacodium miconioides Cladrastis kentukea turning yellow already. Cladrastis kentukea Cladrastis kentukea Sorbus gongashanica has…

…Cladastris kentuckea is showing its first yellow autumn colour. Always early and always one of the best displays. Cladastris kentuckea Cladastris kentuckea 2016 – CHW The new clump of Hydrangea…

…all gone by early October. Twenty-nine years from planting and still no flowers yet! Slow growing but excellent in the autumn. Cladastris kentuckea Cladastris kentuckea Staphylea pinnata has also turned…

…gardens and it hardly looks like a holly. Ilex yunnanensis Cladastris kentuckea turning yellow quickly as it always does. Compare now to a week and a fortnight ago. Cladastris kentuckea…

…flavidum Cladastris lutea (kentuckea) starting its amazing display of pure yellow autumn colour. Cladastris lutea (kentuckea) Cladastris lutea (kentuckea) Another, rather dull, form of Hydrangea sargentiana from Crug flowering for…

…bidwillii Nothofagus cunninghamii with peculiar new growth. Nothofagus cunninghamii Nothofagus cunninghamii Hakea saligna (protea family) with flower and seeds. Hakea saligna Acacia mucronatus in flower. Acacia mucronatus Acacia mucronatus Alchemilla…

…on Fuchsia hatschbachii. Fuchsia hatschbachii Fuchsia hatschbachii Cladastris kentuckea now fully autumnal. Cladastris kentuckea Seeds still not ripe on Magnolia globosa. Magnolia globosa A well nibbled and fallen magnolia seedpod…

…out by Georges Hut. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ The Cladastris kentuckea has already shed almost all its leaves. We saw it starting to colour only three weeks ago…

…tree. Squirrel damage Stewartia monodelpha displaying wonderful autumn colour in Kennel Close. Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Cladastris kentuckea is now a picture! Cladastris kentuckea We have spent some time recently…

…and broken a few leading stems and side branches on younger magnolias. Cladrastis kentukea is half blown away. Cladrastis kentukea First flowers out on Camellia oleifera. Camellia oleifera Meliosma species…

…usual but early, in Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Autumn tints now on Cladrastis kentukea. Cladrastis kentukea Drought strikes two 20 year old Rhododendron auriculatum. New growth from this…

…see how the early autumn colour is progressing.Cladrastis kentukea at its finest but the yellow leaves which we looked at 10 days ago have already blown off. Cladrastis kentukea Cotoneaster…

…in three to four weeks. Styrax serrulatus Styrax serrulatus Cladastris kentukea is starting to turn yellow very early as it often does. Cladastris kentukea Compare and contrast the seed pods…

…around. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Golden Sun’ First hint of autumn colour on, our still flowerless after 33 years, Cladrastis kentukea. Cladrastis kentukea Next year’s flower buds now evident on Magnolia doltsopa….

…udensis ‘Golden Sunshine’ 2018 – CHW The first flush of autumn colour on Cladastris kentuckea. Cladastris kentuckea The Beast damaged Rhododendron stenaulum is shooting away nicely at all levels after…

…the stem. Too dark and exposed a place for it really. Magnolia nitida Magnolia nitida Cladastris kentuckea is always the first tree here to show real autumn colour. I will…

…Styrax americanus – Kankakea Form – is now properly out. Styrax americanus – Kankakea Form A wonderful show on Magnolia sieboldii on the Main Ride. Small flowers on this form….