…foliage. Paeonia tenuifolia Rhodiola rosea now full out. An odd succulent like plant. Rhodiola rosea Rhodiola rosea Halesia carolina out too early for Chelsea in the Show Tunnel. Strangely not…

…its best autumn colour. Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ This Hydrangea ‘Ayesha’ was cut back hard two years ago. A few flowers only…

…the crab apple with pink fruits, was the best thing on the fruit tree lines in the garden centre itself. Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’ Malus ‘Pink Glow’ 2017…

…as its now too tall and the flowers are too far away. Magnolia salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Magnolia salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Magnolia salicifolia ‘Rosea’ Typical rain damage on rhododendron flowers that were only…

…lutchuensis. [It is Camellia ‘Paradise Glow’] Camellia ‘Paradise Glow’ Camellia ‘Paradise Glow’ Camellia ‘Paradise Glow’ Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ also just out with some wind damage. Camellia ‘Adolphe Audusson’ Camellia ‘Adolphe…

…Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Unknown but spectacular rose. rose rose The yew avenue was cut down to about 8ft and is now kept trimmed. yew avenue Azalea ‘Rosebud’ and Photinia davidiana ‘Pink…

…× persicoides ‘Spring Glow’. Prunus × persicoides ‘Spring Glow’ Prunus × persicoides ‘Spring Glow’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ now full out. Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ Magnolia ‘Summer Rose’ Sorbus aff. ligustrifolia just…

…for her garden but the plants I saw were far too pot bound to be planted successfully now. Alcea ‘Celebrities Carmine Rose’ Alcea ‘Celebrities Carmine Rose’ Alcea ‘Celebrities Carmine Rose’…

…on Eucryphia cordifolia. Eucryphia cordifolia Magnolia acuminata ‘Golden Glow’ x Magnolia ‘Miss Honeybee’. Much the same as ‘Miss Honeybee’ as it seems to me. Magnolia acuminata ‘Golden Glow’ x Magnolia…

…this far. Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Acer palmatum ‘Inazuma’ catches the sun. With us this variety is best in the autumn. Acer palmatum ‘Inazuma’ Cornus kousa…

…Melody’ flowering for the very first time here in Area 27. Magnolia ’April Melody’ Magnolia ‘Cassiopeia’ likewise. Magnolia ‘Cassiopeia’ Prunus x persica ‘Spring Glow’ just opening. Prunus x persica ‘Spring…

…campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’ Enkianthus campanulatus ‘Ruby Glow’ Liverwort spreading up a beech tree by Tin Garden. Liverwort Rhododendrons ‘Saffron Queen’ and ‘Michael’s Pride’ just starting to open. Also a month…

…glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ is growing into a really colourful tree. I think I prefer this to ‘Goldrush’. Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Metasequoia glyptostroboides ‘Amber Glow’ Staphylea bumalda has a couple…

…elegans Cestrum elegans Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Glow’ is probably sufficiently different and bicolor to make it a useful addition to the catalogue if we can locate a grower. Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Glow’…

…‘Johnny Johnstone’ Magnolia ‘Rose Marie’ x ‘M. ‘Black Tulip’ is developing well into a decent tree. Magnolia ‘Rose Marie’ x ‘M. ‘Black Tulip’ Magnolia ‘Rose Marie’ x ‘M. ‘Black Tulip’…

…as nobody ever sees them and we had previously found them suspect to Phytophthora ramorum. However I had forgotten this Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Ruby Glow’ tucked away in far too…

…May’ Magnolia ‘Fire Glow’ (Magnolia cylindrica x Magnolia denudata ‘Sawadas Pink’) Magnolia ‘Fire Glow’ Magnolia ‘Fire Glow’ Magnolia ‘Candy Cane’ – Gresham hybrid unknown origin Magnolia ‘Candy Cane’ Magnolia ‘Candy…

…Pseudowintera colorata Pseudowintera colorata Pseudowintera colorata ‘Red Glow’ – different again. Pseudowintera colorata ‘Red Glow’ Pseudowintera colorata ‘Red Glow’ Pseudowintera colorata ‘Moulin Rouge’ – some way between all of them….

…a young plant. Lapageria rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ The ancient Lapageria rosea has been out for a while with one flower low down and embedded in the Alstroemeria. Lapageria rosea Lapageria…

…Pterostyrax species nova Pterostyrax species nova Magnolia acuminata ‘Golden Glow’ x M. ‘Miss Honeybee’. Magnolia acuminata ‘Golden Glow’ x M. ‘Miss Honeybee’ Magnolia acuminata ‘Golden Glow’ x M. ‘Miss Honeybee’…