18th May

Tilia caroliniana subsp. heterophylla) – planted 2017. Tilia heterophylla Tilia heterophylla Tilia x moltkei Tilia x moltkei Tilia x moltkei Tilia oliveri Tilia oliveri Tilia oliveri Crataegus aprica in flower….

20th April

…with drooping new leaves. Tilia oliveri Tilia oliveri Tilia moltkei has much the same droopy new leaves today. Tilia moltkei Tilia moltkei Crataegus chinensis with a flower. Crataegus chinensis Tilia

21st June

…one-sidedly. Tilia chingiana Tilia chingiana Tilia chingiana Tilia mongolica ‘Harvest Gold’ Tilia mongolica ‘Harvest Gold’ Tilia mongolica ‘Harvest Gold’ Quercus maurii is trying to recover from the drought. Quercus maurii…

23rd June

Tilia mexicana A young Tilia zamoyskiana with flower buds. Tilia zamoyskiana Tilia endochrysa with its exceptional early spring leaf colour now looks rather normal. Tilia endochrysa The first time we…

17th June

…reddish petal. I have never seen this species performing before. Tilia maximowicziana Tilia maximowicziana Tilia maximowicziana Tilia paucicostata has an attractive weeping shape. The second plant in Tin Garden may…

15th September

…be a popular tree even if the botanists one day try to reclassify it as Tilia caroliniana. Tilia mexicana Tilia mexicana Tilia mexicana Ehretia thyrsiflora was grown from ?Korean arboretum…

10th August

…bark on Magnolia decidua. Magnolia decidua First flowers out on the late flowering Tilia kiusiana. Tilia kiusiana The secondary flowers on Magnolia ‘Apollo’ are now full out and not that…

25th August

…15 new lime species growing on mainly in Kennel Close. T. kiusiana is well worth putting in the new Burncoose catalogue. Tilia kiusiana Tilia kiusiana Tilia kiusiana Tilia kiusiana Tilia

27th August

…dull now and not much like an obvious tilia leaf at this stage in the year. Tilia endochrysea Tilia endochrysea Vaccinum megaphyllum (from Rod White) has seed clusters which are…

9th October

…again Crataegus ‘Paul’s Scarlet’ has blown over and had to be restaked. Crataegus ‘Paul’s Scarlet’ Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ does not seem to colour at all with us. Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’…

14th October

…new growth. This nearly died after planting but is now getting going. Keteleeria davidiana Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ with its fine autumn display. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ The true Photinia…

16th June

…faint red flash on the bud and on the stamens. Not seen before and attractive by Tilia standards. Tilia maxiczowicziana Tilia maxiczowicziana Tilia maxiczowicziana Tilia maxiczowicziana On Sunday I was…

23rd August

…or two limes and some southern hemisphere species. The eucryphias have largely come and gone while I have been away. Tilia kiusiana Tilia kiusiana Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ is splendid today….

26th June

…colour variation in foliage from a distance. This is already a big tree 10 years from planting. Tilia tomentosa ‘Brabant’ Tilia tomentosa ‘Brabant’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Bicolor Sartinii’ has grown slowly…

19th May

…much smaller leaves of Tilia kiuisiana. Tilia kiuisiana Tilia kiuisiana Tilia endochrysa Tilia endochrysa Tilia endochrysa Nyssa sinensis (FMW 713122) has exceptional spring new growth as well as autumn colour….

21st April

…rot in the base of a Magnolia dealbata. It hasn’t got any worse at least. Magnolia dealbata Our largest Tilia endochrysea. Tilia endochrysea Tilia endochrysea The very rare Rhododendron gingongshanicum…

1st May

…– bashed by rain. Paulownia fortune Tilia amurensis from Chollipo Arboretum in South Korea making good growth. Tilia amurensis Tilia amurensis Paulownia kawakamii – first buds with colour. For the…

15th May

…Rushforth 2016) just leafing up. Tilia tuan var. chenmoui Tilia chingiana with its drooping new growth shoots. Tilia chingiana Quercus ‘Belle d’Aquitaine’ now with its faintly coppery young leaves. Quercus…

22nd August

…its first crop of white berries which are just developing a pink tinge. Sorbus gonggashanica Tilia heterophylla has the most enormous leaves on a young plant. Tilia heterophylla Tilia heterophylla…

1st December

…autumn splendour. Liriodendron chinense Tilia kiusiana with autumn colour. Tilia kiusiana 2020 – CHW As Lockdown 2 nears its end I am starting to run out of new things to…