19th October

…chinensis but its leaf form is nothing like our plant with this name. Note the suckering well away from the main trunk. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis…

20th October

…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 Sinogrande Walk is still green…

23rd June

…not conical and upright as they are in Rhus typhina and Rhus glabra. Nor are they the same colour. Rhus verniciflua Rhus verniciflua Rhus verniciflua Then off to Harrod Horticultural’s…

25th September

…flowering anyway. rhus species rhus species 2015 – CHW Passiflora caerulea ‘Constance Elliott’ has grown rampantly in a Camellia sasanqua on the castle wall. It will flower on until the…

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

…what it is) with interesting bark and unwelcome squirrel damage. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Quercus palustris colouring up. Quercus palustris 2023 – CHW Crataegus combyi with a superb show as…

9th October

…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 other species of…

22nd November

…out. A very erect habit and now 10-12ft tall with three flowers. Planted in 2011. Mahonia oiwakensis Colour on Rhus chinensis – a delicate mix of colours. Rhus chinensis Rhus

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…

14th September

…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 spined leaves than the…

29th September

…in tight bud and will not be out until December/January. Peumus boldus Rhus chinensis now in full flower – no great show. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis 2020 – CHW A…

13th September

…Cephalotaxus fortunei Cephalotaxus fortunei Rhus chinensis, planted only this year, has made good progress as have the new bamboos below it (more later). Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis The two (of…

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….

25th October

…Acer japonica at its finest in Kennel Close. Acer japonica Sorbus wilsoniana with a huge crop of fruits. Never seen it better. An outstanding species. Sorbus wilsoniana Sorbus wilsoniana Rhus

28th November

…A little autumn colour remains on Rhus chinensis. Rhus chinensis Lindera erythrocarpa turning yellow. Other deciduous Lindera species have already shed their leaves and I have missed them this year….

17th November

…of the year. Pinus radiata Emerging autumn colour on Rhus chinensis. Pink and yellow. Rhus chinensis Camellia ‘Snow Flurry’ (Camellia oleifera x ‘Frosted Princess’) on Burns Bank was full out…

6th November

…lived here for decades. Rhus glabra growing above a wall at Penvergate and showing its autumn colours well in the sun. Rhus glabra Beefsteak fungus, Fistulina hepatica, growing on an…

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…

3rd October

…Crystal’ The new 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….

1st October

…Garden. last grass cut Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ takes some beating as a garden plant in the autumn. Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Callicarpa bodinieri ‘Profusion’ Rhus punjabensis is suckering after the wind…