23rd March

…‘Midwinter 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…

4th May

alnifolia in flower. We saw the first berries last autumn. Sorbus alnifolia Sorbus alnifolia The best find of the day was Quercus bushii ‘Seattle Trident’ with its pink and red…

9th April

…Diana’. 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’…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…