15th June
…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’ 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’…
…for. Cornus asperifolia var. drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cornus asperifolia var. drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Slugs always have a go at Chimonanthus praecox. As in the nursery so too outside even in…
…and the RHS Plant of the Year Competition. Fat chance but was nice enough today. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Zelkova abelicea is growing quickly. Its leaf…
…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 lost a…
…and a rather good yellow it is although the name refers to the subsequent berries. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Maakia amurensis has no obvious flowers today…
…Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ Gaultheria mucronata varieties making a great show. Gaultheria mucronata Cornus ‘Sunshiny Drops’ with very ripe fruits. Cornus ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Cornus ‘Sunshiny Drops’ Good autumn colour developing…
…‘Sunshiny Drops’ putting on a good show. How we were ever meant to get this into flower for the Chelsea Plant of the Year competition in late May I will…
…‘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 day this is…
…‘Sunshiny Drops’. I have missed the show if there was one. Cornus drummondii ‘Sunshiny Drops’ A Camellia ‘Silver Anniversary’ with a good show. From a distance I thought it was…
…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…
…Flame’ with berries turning 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’…
…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…
…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 lovers, as I…
…although the best of its orange twigs are yet to emerge as the leaf drops. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Carpinus caroliniana is the first species of…
…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…
…sasanqua ‘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…