…on its drooping branches. Malus x purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ Malus x purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ looking superb too. Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Magnolia ‘Green Bee’ Betula utilis ‘Wakehurst Place…

…best but still no rain.The bronzy new growth on Nothofagus cunninghamii is superb. Nothofagus cunninghamii Magnolia ‘Golden Goblet’ on the back path to Bramble Field beside the Magnolia (Michelia) martinii…

…gardener. A cross between Rhododendron ‘Kilimanjaro Group’ and Rhododendron ‘Noyo Chief’ or so I look up. Rhododendron ‘Rubicon’ A superb Cornus controversa ‘Variegata’. Plastered in flower and by far the…

…superb small growing tree. Aesculus pavia ‘Atrosanguinea’ Aesculus pavia ‘Atrosanguinea’ First flowers out on Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’. Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ Impressive new growth on Abies spectabilis. Abies spectabilis Populus wilsocarpa…

…Bright’ Tom & Jo Hudson’s superb Michelia maudiae ‘Golden Temple’. Michelia maudiae ‘Golden Temple’ Magnolia ‘Livingstone’. Magnolia ‘Livingstone’ The Scamp daffodil display as good as usual. The Scamp daffodil display…

…the big leafed species from here on and also in the garden. An interesting comparison. Rhododendron arizelum Rhododendron sinofalconeri – superb too in the Valley Gardens. Rhododendron sinofalconeri Rhododendron letouchae…

…Lilium superbum Lilium superbum Lilium superbum The first seed capsules I have ever seen on Liquidambar styraciflua ‘Red Star’. Still no leaf colouration yet and the central leader has broken…

…in a garden on the estate and looking superb today. Hilliers say it is a hybrid between C. dammeri with either Cotoneaster frigidus or Cotoneaster salisifolius. The berries are slightly…

…setting on Meliosma oldhamii on the drive. Meliosma oldhamii Jenny Knuckey now has 2 carers and is at home bedridden. Nevertheless, in her garden, a superb Dierama. superb Dierama Back…

…CHW Buddleia lindleyana making its usual superb September show on the drive. The curved racemes of flowers hang over the drive and seem to have been showing colour for weeks….