19th October

…our plant with this name. Note the suckering well away from the main trunk. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis First poor flower on Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’. Camellia…

20th October

…can see. I think the plant has merit whatever it is. Needless to say it is not on the planting plans. Rhus? Rhus? Rhus? Rhus? The new liquidamber collection on…

23rd June

…sumach species with flowerheads that are not conical and upright as they are in Rhus typhina and Rhus glabra. Nor are they the same colour. Rhus verniciflua Rhus verniciflua Rhus

25th September

…planting plans by Tin Garden. First time flowering anyway. rhus species rhus species 2015 – CHW Passiflora caerulea ‘Constance Elliott’ has grown rampantly in a Camellia sasanqua on the castle…

24th May

…sown but true to name Rhododendron decorums on the bank above the old Lower Quarry Nursery bed. Wonderful bark on this species. Rhus ambigua Rhus ambigua Rhus ambigua (ex Crug…

5th October

…glabra despite the gales last Sunday. Aesculus glabra Rhus chinensis (if that is what it is) with interesting bark and unwelcome squirrel damage. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Quercus palustris colouring…

18th October

…the first time as far as I am aware. Yellowish-white in terminal panicles. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Lindera lancea with excellent autumn colour. Lindera lancea Lindera lancea Callicarpa shirasawana with…

30th May

…well and is covered in flowers on an old yew trunk. semi climbing rhus semi climbing rhus Rhododendron stamineum is full out in the main quarry. Honeysuckle like and rare….

13th September

…bamboos below it (more later). Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis The two (of three planted 2009) Picea likiangensis have really taken off and are now well away. A vigorous species with…

14th September

…boldus just into flower. A small tree now. Peumus boldus Peumus boldus Peumus boldus Rhus chinensis just coming into flower. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Ilex cornuta (BSWJ1118) has much more…

29th September

…full flower – no great show. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis 2020 – CHW A few secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Randy’. Magnolia ‘Randy’ A solitary self-seeded Gunnera in Old Park Wood…

9th October

…low down this year. White flower plumes. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Tilia tuan var. chenmoui has made good growth this year and interesting bark developing on the trunk. Not like…

22nd November

…mix of colours. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis The first ever flower clusters forming on Aralia vietnamensis at about 15ft on the ends of the tallest shoos. Planted in 2014 and…

14th May

…newly planted Rhus punjabensis. Rhus punjabensis Carpinus x schuschaensis (C. betulus x C. orientalis) introduced by Roy Lancaster in 1972. It is making a decent tree in Kennel Close. Carpinus…

1st June

rhus and a very toxic one indeed. The label on the plant had long since faded and I had had difficulty believing that it really was a sumach species. This…

1st July

…on it. A few are pictured here. Rhus typhina ‘Tiger Eyes’ Rhus typhina ‘Tiger Eyes’ Itoa orientalis Itoa orientalis Lomatia tinctoria Lomatia tinctoria The stand is in memory of David…

5th August

…to me. Huge clusters of flowers. Hoheria ‘Ace of Spades’ Hoheria ‘Ace of Spades’ Hoheria ‘Ace of Spades’ Cotoneaster moupinensis with ripe berries. Cotoneaster moupinensis Rhus sylvestris – another new…

22nd September

…in the garden today. Flowering better than I have ever seen it. Yellow-green leaves edged darker green. Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ Hoheria populnea ‘Variegata’ Rhus

1st October

…a garden plant in the autumn. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Rhus punjabensis is suckering after the wind snapped one of the two main branches. Rhus punjabensis 2022 –…

3rd October

…bench in the large greenhouse is complete and already full as the other benches get new insulation. new bench Rhus ‘Tiger Eyes’ with its developing autumn glow. Rhus ‘Tiger Eyes’…