…over winter and some will soon drop. The bark is attractive on the new stems too. Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus lancifolius (BSWJ 5690 – a…

…flowering tassels. Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus chinensis looking quite splendid (deciduous). Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus lancifolius also nicely in flower (deciduous). Stachyurus lancifolius Stachyurus lancifolius Another Stachyurus yunnanensis…

…evergreen which it clearly is? Stachyurus yunnanensis (which is evergreen) and Stachyurus himalaicus were once planted here but the deer have eaten most of the other two. Stachyurus salicifolius Stachyurus…

…praecox listed as praecox var matsuzaki. At the moment none of the new evergreen species such as Stachyurus yunnanensis and Stachyurus sigeyosii are any match for Stachyurus chinensis in flower…

…yellowish-white hue here outside and quite unlike the plant in the nursery photographed yesterday. Stachyurus praecox Stachyurus praecox Sorbus folgneri ‘Emiel’ still has some fruits amid the last remnants of…

…(BSWJ 10757) Viburnum triphyllum (BSWJ 10757) Stachyurus yunnanensis with a hint of pink. Leaves nibbled by deer. Stachyurus yunnanensis Stachyurus lancifolius (BSWJ 5690) is now a huge spreading shrub and,…

…Stachyurus praecox) is now full out and splendid. I fear it will soon die from over flowering and over seeding which it does every year. Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus…

…the pruned back Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’. Magnolia ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Stachyurus lancifolia has sprung open earlier than usual. Now renamed Stachyurus praecox var. matsuzakii according to Hilliers who say it is…

…Carlyon’ Camellia ‘E T R Carlyon’ Camellia ‘E T R Carlyon’ A gigantic multi-stemmed Stachyurus praecox Stachyurus praecox Stachyurus praecox Stachyurus praecox Rhododendron ‘Minaura’ (minus x dauricum) an extraordinary colour…

…the drive. Very different in appearance to the racemes of seed on Stachyurus chinensis. Stachyurus praecox Stachyurus praecox Secondary flowers, as usual, on Magnolia ‘Iolanthe’. Magnolia ‘Iolanthe’ Heptacodium miconoides is…