…the year but it suckers everywhere and can be a nuisance. Clerodendron trichotomum Clerodendron trichotomum Clerodendron trichotomum Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Argenteomarginatus’ in full flower. Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Argenteomarginatus’ Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Argenteomarginatus’ 2017…

…to collect Thomas Methuen-Campbell. Osmanthus delavayi full out and looking fine. One of four in square beds featuring a magnolia. Osmanthus delavayi Osmanthus delavayi Typical snow damage on Ceanothus thyrsiflorus…

…digger to remove the stump now. Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Galanthus elwesii now full out. Galanthus elwesii Hydrangea lobbii has, not unexpectedly, caught a…

…optimism. Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis The old Litsea glauca suddenly died about six years ago but already several roots near the surface have produced a clump of new…

…great in one tunnel. Thirteen different species and varieties of Osmanthus Osmanthus armatus, with its huge leaves, also has a few flowers. Osmanthus armatus Osmanthus armatus Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Prettycoat’ with…

…Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticlear’ Pyrus calleryana ‘Chanticlear’ Osmanthus burkwoodii – excellent in flower as a low clipped hedge. Osmanthus burkwoodii Osmanthus burkwoodii Osmanthus burkwoodii Osmanthus burkwoodii 2016 – CHW First day…

…today but, as the plant looked very sickly, I assumed the few flowers were simply an attempt to procreate before death. Osmanthus heterophyllus Osmanthus heterophyllus Osmanthus heterophyllus 1938 – JCW…

…then hunt the American Ilex opaca between the ferneries. Despite its holly like trunk I suspect this is not the American species but an Osmanthus. More research needed. Osmanthus? Osmanthus?…

…Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis A solitary and absurdly late flower on Michelia ‘Touch of Pink’. This is the third Michelia seen with odd flowers still out in the last week….

…Callicarpa cathayana Callicarpa cathayana Finally I find what I now think is Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Sasaba’ which has most peculiar deeply cut leaves and numerous but very variable spine-tipped lobes. Osmanthus…

…pot do this in the nursery. Paulownia elongata Paulownia elongata Osmanthus americanus now in full flower. Osmanthus americanus A young and new to us Magnolia ‘Simple Pleasures’ with its first…

…Ilex ficiodes First flowers on Osmanthus heterophyllus which is performing at the correct time of the year. Osmanthus heterophyllus Osmanthus heterophyllus Flowers on Ilex cornuta as well. I do not…

…a bad ornamental plant for a dark corner. Here it is being enveloped by a podocarpus. Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Aureomarginatus’ Osmanthus heterophyllus ‘Aureomarginatus’ This oak limb quickly cut up and sorted…

…of rather unimpressive flowers on Osmanthus x fortunei which I have been waiting to catch. Some on the stems and a few as terminal clusters. Osmanthus x fortunei Osmanthus x…

…evergreen osmanthus species evergreen osmanthus species The team insist on a final photograph. Placing out took the four of us about three hours and all the plants were in the…

…‘Paradise Petite’ and Camellia sasanqua ‘Snow Flurry’ Osmanthus fortunei with much more flower than usual. Osmanthus fortunei Osmanthus fortunei Still a few tail end flowers on Abelia floribunda. Abelia floribunda…

…to flower in March/April. Styrax odoratissimus Osmanthus yunnanensis just into flower. Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis Magnolia ‘Sundance’ glowing yellow in the late afternoon sun with two Cornus kousa types showing…

…Osmanthus x fortunei flowering well and becoming firmly established in a windy spot. Planted only in 2017. Osmanthus x fortunei Osmanthus x fortunei The drive has been shut for 4…

…long. Osmanthus yunnanense Osmanthus yunnanense Just the odd flower left on Eucryphia lucida. This plant seems to be out much later than the plants at the top of the garden…

…it goes into the ground. Vaccinium retusum Osmanthus yunnanensis normally flowers in late winter but here it is on 16 year old plants above the greenhouse. Osmanthus yunnanensis Osmanthus yunnanensis…