23rd November

…out. Photinia niitakayamensis Quercus rugosa is getting away well and now around 7ft tall. Quercus rugosa Quercus rugosa Nice colours on the yellow leaved Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Golden Sun’. Liquidambar styraciflua…

15th November

…showers. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Golden Sun’ with its autumn colours. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Golden Sun’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Golden Sun’ Idesia polycarpa still with clusters of berries intact in the wind….

3rd December

…here are nice yellow tints. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Gum Ball’ This is Liquidambar styracifolia ‘Oconee’, which has a very similar habit to ‘Gum Ball’ but, here, has coloured up rather better…

22nd October

…real red although some leaves are still green. Quite a sight today in the pale sunlight. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’ Liquidambar styraciflua…

29th July

…has broken (as usual). About three seed capsules in varying stages of development. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’ First flowers high up on…

1st September

…from their massive corms. Cyclamen hederifolium Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Oconea’ has a dwarfish rounded habit and is just showing its first autumn tints. Of the four different named forms of liquidambar

6th September

…a good month after it first started flowering. Buddleia lindleyana Buddleia lindleyana Seed heads on Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’ An unusual combination – Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red…

12th October

…a tree fell on it now performing splendidly. hydrangea ‘Joseph Banks’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Lynn’ still has no autumn colour. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Lynn’ Euonymus huangi with its first pink seed heads…

29th December

Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Oconee’ below Sinogrande Walk. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Oconee’ Even better on Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Gum Ball’ above the same path. Both very rounded small trees or large shrubs which were…

17th August

…much quicker growing tree than other species and forms of Liquidambar growing in Kennel Close. Liquidambar acalycina Cyclocarya paliurus was thought to be a species of Pterocarya but it has…

16th January

…Simplex’ Unexpectedly leaves remain on Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Oconee’ and still have good colour. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Oconee’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Oconee’ 2021 – CHW Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ now coming out properly on…

9th August

…on Platycarya strobilacea. Platycarya strobilacea Platycarya strobilacea Fruits forming on Liquidambar formosana. Liquidambar formosana Liquidambar formosana Fresh evidence of rabbits returning to the garden after a couple of years of…

11th September

Liquidambar orientalis Liquidambar orientalis Quercus trojana was a gift from the IDS after a 2019 visit. It too has now made good growth for the first time. Quercus trojana Quercus…

2nd August

…growth. Liquidambar acalycina Liquidambar acalycina Aesculus wangii with some too after the rain stunted its earlier growth shoots. Aesculus wangii Sorbus commixta aff. var. sachalinensis with nearly ripe fruits already….

19th July

…very well worth growing! Good purplish secondary new growth on Liquidambar calycina. This plant is seriously taking off in its third year from planting out. Liquidambar calycina Liquidambar calycina 2016…

6th May

…planted here was a gift from Lord Falmouth which got stolen. Liquidambar styraciflua Liquidambar styraciflua One of the wonders of lockdown is finding a new plant which you had no…

8th April

…King’ leafing up nicely. The silver variegation is irregular. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ Quercus monimotricha which Asia has cleverly grown from cuttings. Drooping silvery new growth…

26th March

…Magnolia ‘Black Velvet’ Magnolia ‘Black Velvet’ Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver King’ was a gift from Windsor Great Park and John Anderson. No doubt it will get more silvery. Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Silver…

5th February

…Sycopsis sinensis Sycopsis sinensis Helleborus ‘Red Lady’ just out. Helleborus ‘Red Lady’ Small Liquidambar styraciflua with just a few purple-red leaves remaining at the top of the plants. Liquidambar styraciflua…

28th October

…Lindera sericea 2020 – CHW Sunshine through a colourful young beech tree. Wind and rain threaten so enjoy it while you can. beech And the same up through a Liquidambar