23rd March

…Fire’ Roses trained up a metal Harrod Horticultural support. Roses trained up Quercus alnifolia with some leaves intact. Quercus alnifolia Quercus alnifolia Quercus alnifolia Pieris very fine. Pieris Betula albo…

4th May

…Attractive. They will become huge (one meter long). Juglans ailanthifolia Sorbus alnifolia in flower. We saw the first berries last autumn. Sorbus alnifolia Sorbus alnifolia The best find of the…

8th August

…good beside C. tomentosa and is a good border shrub. Clethra alnifolia ‘Pink Spires’ Clethra alnifolia ‘Pink Spires’ Clethra kaipoensis flowering for the first time here. An upright tall growing…

2nd September

…Cercidiphyllum japonicum. Sorbus sargentiana 2018 – CHW Last few flowers on Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’. Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ Ripe seeds on a young Magnolia wilsonii…

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…

1st December

…its berries long after the leaves have fallen. They start orange and then turn red. Asia should collect some before the birds get there. Sorbus alnifolia Sorbus alnifolia Next door…

9th April

…Amelanchier laevis ‘Princess Diana’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Princess Diana’ Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’. Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier obovalis ‘Jenny Belle’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’. Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’ Amelanchier…

23rd August

…Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ Fruits forming and already ripening on Cornus alternifolia. Cornus alternifolia Clethra alnifolia ‘Pink Spires’ full out. Clethra alnifolia

16th August

…urvilleana. – Senna corymbose. – Clethra alnifolia. Tibouchina urvilleana Senna corymbose Clethra alnifolia Surprised to see choisya x dewitteana ‘White Dazzler’ in flower. choisya x dewitteana ‘White Dazzler’ Clearance work…

15th August

…enjoying the heat. Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ Just 2 seed heads left standing on Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’. Magnolia campbellii ‘Darjeeling’ Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ looking at its best. Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby…

14th August

…Magnolia sprengeri var. diva ‘Burncoose’ Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ just out. Clethra tomentosa ‘Cottondale’ Clethra alnifolia ‘Ruby Spice’ just out beside it. A strong colour this year although this 2003 planted…

22nd October

…Abies delavayi is nearly as good. Abies delavayi Sorbus alnifolia rather less impressive. Sorbus alnifolia Malus transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’ with smallish fruits. Malus transitoria ‘Roundabarrow Ruby’ Sorbus japonica glowing in…

28th April

…first plants in stock of Pseudotaxus chienii. Pseudotaxus chienii First flowers here on Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Obelisk’. Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Obelisk’ Weigelia ‘Black and White’ nicely out. Weigelia ‘Black and White’ Attractive…

1st August

…in flower. Its unexpectedly good although I doubt we could grow it outside for long? Lagunaria patersonii Clethra alnifolia just finishing flowering. Clethra alnifolia Clethra fargesii just finishing flowering. Clethra…

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…

9th May

…grown by Roundabarrow nurseries) with its first flowers. Sorbus hedlundii Pterocarya rhoifolia nicely into leaf. Pterocarya rhoifolia Carpinus japonicus leaves are easily identifiable. Carpinus japonicus Sorbus alnifolia in flower –…

22nd April

…Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’. Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Magnolia ‘Gold Cup’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Smokey’. Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Smokey’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Snowflakes’. Amelanchier laevis ‘Snowflakes’ Amelanchier laevis ‘Snowflakes’ Magnolia ‘Lois’ in Old Park. Magnolia…

11th April

…new laundry now has a sink, and the windows are in. new laundry new laundry Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Obelisk’ coming into flower at the sales point. I am thinking of starting…

6th April

…laevis ‘R. J. Hilton’ Amelanchier laevis ‘R. J. Hilton’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’ Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Pumila’ Frosted Magnolia ‘Golden Cup’. Magnolia ‘Golden Cup’ Dogshit on sticks! Dogshit However Magnolia pseodokobus ‘Kubishimodoki’,…

8th November

…ligustrifolia Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ takes some beating. Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Quercus x bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ Sorbus alnifolia not yet quite ripe. Sorbus alnifolia Sorbus japonica laden…