9th September

…plant which covers an outside wall of the main nursery walled garden. The result of the drought. The taste was quite sweet. Ficus pumila Ficus pumila Ficus pumila 2017 –…

9th April

…Amelanchier laevis ‘Princess Diana’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Princess Diana’ Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’. Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’. Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’ Amelanchier…

6th April

…laevis ‘R. J. Hilton’ Amelanchier laevis ‘R. J. Hilton’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’ Frosted Magnolia ‘Golden Cup’. Magnolia ‘Golden Cup’ Dogshit on sticks! Dogshit However Magnolia pseodokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’,…

22nd April

…laevis ‘R.J. Hilton’ Amelanchier pumila. Amelanchier pumila Amelanchier ‘La Paloma’ F.C.C. Amelanchier ‘La Paloma’ F.C.C. Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’ – the best of the bunch today. Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’…

15th June

…bad sign for these plants? Lithocarpus glaber Lithocarpus glaber Cornus pumila with flowers which I had not seen before. This forms a mounded bush of up to 6 feet in…

21st June

…Cornus pumila getting going – reddish new growth. Cornus pumila Rhododendron keysii with a sudden flush of flowers. I suspect it will now die. Rhododendron keysii Rhododendron weyrichii in the…

5th August

…abies ‘Pumila’ – a huge clump. Picea abies ‘Pumila’ Ilex hookeri. Ilex hookeri Populus szechuan var. tibetica. Populus szechuan var. tibetica Populus szechuan var. tibetica Zanthoxylum planispinum with seed heads…

31st August

…bark now as well. Interesting bark Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ and Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda. Magnolia ‘Cleopatra’ and Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda Cornus pumila is romping away. Cornus pumila A single secondary flower on a very…

25th October

…but plenty of new growth. Callicarpa pilosissima (NMWJ 1450) Callicarpa pilosissima (NMWJ 1450) Cornus pumila with its autumn colour – not much! Cornus pumila Acer heldreichii hasn’t much to offer…