…and splendid. Magnolia x loebneri ‘Raspberry Fun’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ with recurved flowers. A Gresham hybrid of no great note. Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia ‘Amethyst Flame’ (2015 planted). Magnolia liliiflora…

…look better when the new growth emerges. Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Podocarpus ‘Red Embers’ Pseudotaxus chienii looks a bit insipid. Pseudotaxus chienii Pseudotaxus chienii Pseudotaxus…

…Daphne bholua ‘Spring Beauty’ Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Sentinel’ Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Sentinel’ Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Sentinel’ Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Sentinel’ Daphne bholua ‘Sir Peter Smithers’ –…

…All these small trees were planted in January. Malus ‘Brandkjaer’ Malus floribunda Malus ‘Evereste’ Malus ‘Red Jade’ Malus ‘Red Jade’ Malus ‘Cardinal’ – stand out best in flower so far….

…today. Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Red Sentinel’ Liquidamber styraciflua ‘Red Sentinel’ A seedling Cornus alternifolia self sown beside the original on Bond Street has promise as autumn colour with a few inner…

…very sheltered spot in dappled shade. I will photograph the flowers again when they are further out. Planted in 2014/5. Acquired from Crûg Farm as a 5-6ft tall specimen which…

…Cornus walteri. Cornus walteri Secondary flowers (and no fruit) on Malus ‘Dr Campbells’. Malus ‘Dr Campbells’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’. Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ Malus x robusta ‘Fruitilicious’. Malus x robusta ‘Fruitilicious’…

…Sentinel’ Davidia involucrata ‘Nymans Sentinel’ Carya cordiformis with old fruits from last year on the ground. New species to me. Carya cordiformis Carya cordiformis Cryptocarya alba had suffered in last…

…‘Dark Bird’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ is a Gresham hybrid. Seen a lot worse! Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia ‘Avocet’ (M. x veitchii ‘Isla’ x M. x soulangeana). The two very different…

…– buds recurved. Magnolia ‘Anya’ Magnolia ‘Anya’ Magnolia ‘Anya’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ – smallish buds but very floriferous on a small plant. Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia ‘Amethyst Flame’ – this…

…shattered all the flowers on the toughest and most resilient of rhododendrons; ‘Cornish Red’. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ was spared as it wasn’t out. Rhododendron ‘Elizabeth’ Magnolia ‘Diana’ looks…

…in flower. Telopea x speciosa ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ Telopea x speciosa ‘Braidwood Brilliant’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ making a decent tree. Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia ‘Sentinel’ Magnolia ‘Darkest Purple’ x Magnolia ‘Betty Jessel’ Magnolia…

…on Magnolia ‘Red Lion’, the sister seedling to ‘Star Wars’. Magnolia ‘Red Lion’ Syringa pinnatifolia in flower below the dump. Luckily I have the saw to cut off the usual…

…with their autumn colour. Azalea ‘Koster’s Brilliant Red’ Skimmia japonica ‘Veitchii’ and Azalea ‘Koster’s Brilliant Red’ not bad either. Skimmia japonica ‘Veitchii’ and Azalea ‘Koster’s Brilliant Red’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’…

…Gem’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ Malus x robusta ‘Fruitilicious’ Malus x robusta ‘Fruitilicious’ Malus brevipes ‘Wedding Bouquet’ Malus brevipes ‘Wedding Bouquet’ Malus baccata Malus baccata Malus evereste Malus…

…will have turned green by Chelsea time in a month. Toona sinensi ‘Flamingo’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ in full flower and as good as I have seen it in flower. Malus…

…deodara. I had thought we had lost all the Blood Reds apart from an old one in Forty Acres Wood but was wrong. Rhododendron arboreum ‘Blood Red’ This is the…

…camellia collection. Camellia x williamsii ‘Lanarth’ is a really good single red. Registered 1960 as a seedling of C. ‘Kimberley’. I suspect this is not the same as the single…

…a huge crowd but a tasteful green ribbon! Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ has now lost all its flowers. Bashed into submission by the rain and hail. Rhododendron ‘Cornish Red’ An evil…

…reticulata ‘Debut’ Camellia reticulata ‘Debut’ Camellia reticulata (hybrid) ‘Red Chrystal’ – a darkish red single but late flowering. Camellia reticulata (hybrid) ‘Red Chrystal’ Camellia reticulata (hybrid) ‘Red Chrystal’ Camellia reticulata…