…Drops’ from America (where else a name like this!). It is said to be stunning as are the fruits so we will see. Gift from Jan-Willem. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’…

…Drops’ Cornus asperifolia var. drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Slugs always have a go at Chimonanthus praecox. As in the nursery so too outside even in full sun in a dry location….

…Drops’ Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Zelkova abelicea is growing quickly. Its leaf and branch structure is odd and irregular. Zelkova abelicea Hoheria sextylosa ‘Stardust’ with only a few flowers. Hoheria…

…Chelsea remains a mystery. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Adinandra TH4557 developing well but will soon be nibbable by deer. Adinandra TH4557 A young Lithocarpus pachyphyllus has…

…Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Maakia amurensis has no obvious flowers today but the Maakia hupehensis which has such gorgeous blue spring new growth most definitely does….

…Fruit clusters still green on the quick growing Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’. They should turn black in time. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Pterostyrax hispida with numerous…

…with very ripe fruits. Cornus ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cornus ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Good autumn colour developing on Zanthoxylum simulans. Zanthoxylum simulans Quercus acutissima also eye catching today in a tunnel. Quercus acutissima…

…The last two flowers on Arum lillies. Arum lillies Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ colouring up. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cotoneaster franchetii and Metasequoia ‘Goldrush’. Cotoneaster franchetii…

…Hoheria ‘Glory of Amlwch’ full out. Hoheria ‘Glory of Amlwch’ Hoheria ‘Glory of Amlwch’ Cotoneaster cornifolius (Ogisu 93330) laden with berries. Cotoneaster cornifolius (Ogisu 93330) Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ putting…

…bracteata Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ with the fruits turning colour. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Myoporum laetum with ripe black seeds. Myoporum laetum Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ with its autumn colour….

…Magnolia ‘Genie’. Magnolia ‘Genie’ Quercus chapensis with secondary autumn new growth. Very different from its mature evergreen leaves. Quercus chapensis Quercus chapensis Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ with ripening fruits. One…

…few berry remnants on Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’. I have missed the show if there was one. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ A Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ with a good show. From…

…red buds opening to white. Malus ‘Gorgeous’ Malus ‘Van Eseltine’ – a bit wind damaged. Malus ‘Van Eseltine’ Malus ‘Royal ‘Raindrops’ – a good red. Malus ‘Royal ‘Raindrops’ Malus ‘Professor…

…colour already. Sorbus commixta ‘Olympic Flame’ Laburnum ‘Lemon Drops’ with seed heads. Laburnum ‘Lemon Drops’ Cotoneaster ‘Hybridus Pendulus’ with berries turning colour already. Cotoneaster ‘Hybridus Pendulus’ 2022 – CHW Heatwave…

…best thing flowering in the exhibit unless it drops overnight. Very silvery undersides to the leaves. We must propagate this next autumn. hybrid between Michelia doltsopa and Michelia doltsopa ‘Silver…

…go purple and, when the leaf drops, we will be able to see more fully the glorious peeling bark of this exceptional eight to ten feet tall shrub. All fuchsia…

…emerge as the leaf drops. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Carpinus caroliniana is the first species of this genus to be showing autumn colour in Kennel Close….

…Tilia x moltkei – fair. Tilia x moltkei Tilia oliveri drops before there is any red autumn colour. Tilia oliveri Betula utilis ‘Forrest Blush’ in full leaf still but with…

…with its first flowers. Camellia sasanqua ‘Blush’ Aesculus wilsonii with unexpected autumn colour. Usually it just drops or blows away. Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii Taxodium distichum with its autumn colour…

…‘Narumigatas’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigatas’ One can only marvel at the Ginkgo biloba as its astonishing show this year finally drops. Eight weeks of splendour! Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo biloba Ginkgo biloba…