…this. A plant we failed to get established several times over the years but now well away on Burns Bank. Parrotia subaequalis Parrotia subaequalis View 23rd March 1897 – 2020…

…plant by George’s Hut. What spectacular black autumn colour this new species has! We have yet to see any flowers on this plant. Parrotia subaequalis Parrotia subaequalis Gathering seeds from…

…have planted this relatively new introduction and the only success. Parrotia subaequalis Parrotia subaequalis Camptotheca acuminata – the Chinese Happy Tree or Cancer Tree is doing well although it has…

…mixture of red and yellow. Parrotia persica ‘Persian Spire’ Parrotia persica ‘Persian Spire’ Quercus liaotungensis leaves turn brown and hold on the younger trees but the colours along the way…

…to have missed the best of the colours on Parrotia subaequalis. Parrotia subaequalis Parrotia subaequalis Camptotheca acuminata is another of those very rare new introductions which is described in New…

…‘Vanessa’. Parrotia persica ‘Vanessa’ Parrotia persica ‘Vanessa’ Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ full out in the camellia tunnel but not yet showing outside here. Camellia x williamsii ‘Mary Jobson’ Camellia…

…small widely spreading tree. A few small dead flowers remain but I have again missed them this year; red and insignificant though they are. Parrotia persica Parrotia persica A couple…

…‘Crippsii’ A fine Parrotia persica Parrotia persica Rather more than a wild flower meadow and absolutely stunning! wild flower meadow wild flower meadow Better and better – a very carefully…

…inflorescences. Cotinus coggygria Cotinus coggygria Euonymus japonicus with late flowers. Euonymus japonicus Seed forming early on a large Parrotia persica. Parrotia persica Indigofera heterantha flowering sparsely in too much shade….

…CHW A nursery visit to check how the improvements were progressing there.Berry in full colour on Sorbus hupehensis already in August. Sorbus hupehensis Parrotia persica already showing wonderful autumn tints….

…‘Amber Glow’ Prunus ‘Shirotae’ is not nearly as good as it was last year and has been battered in the wind. Prunus ‘Shirotae’ Parrotia persica on the drive has a…

…williamsii ‘George Blandford’ 2015 – CHW Nice colours on Parrotia persica which will probably be out in flower in four to six weeks with no winter hibernation at all. Parrotia…

…bulbs Some autumn colour left on Parrotia persica but not much. Parrotia persica Cornus walteri holds its leaves well into winter. Cornus walteri Some good yellow leaves on Pterocarya fraxinifolia….

…Cornus mas? Cornus officinalis Cornus officinalis Cornus officinalis Sycoparrotia semidecidua has extraordinary flowers and here they are spot on for late January. Completely deciduous here in the tunnel. Sycoparrotia semidecidua…

…whartonii, which flowered here for the first time last year, is now considered to be Disanthus ovatifolius. We had been told that the botanists thought it was a Parrotia which…

…be a Parrotia species. Looks more like a Hamamelis flower to me and not that exciting really but the purple undersides of the newer leaves certainly are. Many more flowers…