9th October

…Torreya nucifera Sorbus japonica covered in fruits. Sorbus japonica Sorbus japonica Ripe seeds on Tilia maximowicziana. Tilia maximowicziana Carpinus caroliniana ‘Red Fall’ just starting to change leaf colour and with…

28th September

…green to orange. Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ Sorbus reducta (top grafted) has a paltry four fruits. Sorbus reducta Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ has sparse fruiting but some are changing…

13th October

…muddle and confusion persists unabated. I must get Tom involved in this quiz or debate. Sorbus wilsoniana Sorbus wilsoniana Sorbus wilsoniana To try to explain – these 3 Sorbus species…

4th September

Sorbus gonggashonica with berries. We may have seen the first seeds last year? What a name! Sorbus gonggashonica Sorbus gonggashonica Sorbus commixta aff. var. sachalinensis with bright red-orange berries hidden…

15th September

…plan. Any suggestions anyone? this sorbus has no label on the plan this sorbus has no label on the plan this sorbus has no label on the plan Sorbus gonggashanica…

23rd September

…prattii has now been renamed in Hillier’s as Sorbus munda. Yet another change! White berries all along the stem. Not a vigorous plant with us. Sorbus prattii Sorbus prattii Photinia…

1st December

…assume we have collected some? Sorbus japonica Sorbus japonica Sorbus japonica A self-sown seedling of Camellia saluenensis above the greenhouse is just out. Camellia saluenensis 2019 – CHW A few…

10th August

…2010. Sorbus japonica Sorbus japonica Sorbus alnifolia with fruit clusters that are still very green. Sorbus alnifolia Sorbus alnifolia Tilia maximowicziana is a young plant but here with its first…

7th September

…has retained all its leaves unlike the much older Sorbus thompsonii which we saw in such distress 10 days ago. Both species have similar leaves. Sorbus hedlundii A young Sorbus

4th November

…variegated leaved Ginkgo shows no autumn colour as yet. variegated leaved Ginkgo Sorbus japonica is shedding its leaves but not yet its berries. Sorbus japonica Sorbus hupehensis virtually leafless. Sorbus

25th July

Sorbus cyclophylla Sorbus tianschanica. Hillier’s says flowers and fruits are rare in the UK and I have never seen any on this tree. Sorbus tianschanica Sorbus tianschanica In Tin Garden…

26th May

…frangipanense Sorbus wilsoniana with new growth and two flower heads. Sorbus wilsoniana Sorbus wilsoniana More deer nibbling on a young Sorbus. Deer damage New growth on Quercus rugosa. Quercus rugosa…

5th August

…papyrifera Borinda papyrifera Sorbus parvifructa. Sorbus parvifructa Pinus strobus. Pinus strobus Pinus strobus Pinus x holfordiana with its enormous cones. Pinus x holfordiana Pinus x holfordiana Cupressus sargentii. Cupressus sargentii…

9th May

…alder like leaves indeed. Sorbus alnifolia Sorbus japonica just out also. White undersides to its leaves. Sorbus japonica Sorbus japonica Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ with its double flowers – three weeks…

1st September

…very well worth growing. We have had relatively few sorbus species here historically but there are plenty of new ones now coming on in the garden. Sorbus thompsonii Sorbus thompsonii…

14th May

…x schuschaensis Carpinus x schuschaensis New pinkish leaves as impressive as ever on Quercus bushii ‘Seattle Trident’. Quercus bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Sorbus alnifolia nicely covered in flower. Sorbus alnifolia Sorbus

25th September

…this year. Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ Sorbus ‘Pearly King’ Another Magnolia ‘March-till-Frost’ full of secondary flowers with the usual autumnal slug damage. Magnolia ‘March-till-Frost’ A wet day so…

27th October

…in stock but no berries to be seen. Sorbus hemsleyanus ‘John Bond’. Very white undersides to the leaves. Sorbus hemsleyanus ‘John Bond’ Sorbus ‘Wisley Gold’. Sorbus ‘Wisley Gold’ Sorbus ‘Leonard…

7th December

…hedlundii Sorbus hedlundii is rather late to turn autumnal. Sorbus hedlundii Sorbus hedlundii Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Border’ is quite a show today. Camellia sasanqua ‘Gay Border’ The two year old…

25th October

…Kaku’ in the sun. Acer palmatum ‘Sango Kaku’ Acer palmatum ‘Sango Kaku’ Sorbus sargentiana performing well. Sorbus sargentiana Sorbus sargentiana Sorbus sargentiana 2023 – CHW Jaimie’s pictures of Camellia x…