…Quercus mongolica Fagus sylvatica ‘Bicolor Sartini’ especially attractive today. I had never seen it before just into leaf. Fagus sylvatica ‘Bicolor Sartini’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Bicolor Sartini’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Bicolor Sartini’…

…‘Crimson Cascade’ Malus ‘Crimson Cascade’ Malus ‘Paul Hauber’. Malus ‘Paul Hauber’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’. Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ 2022 – CHW I thought I heard a cuckoo earlier…

…var. acicularis (Picea alcoquiana var. acicularis) with vibrant reddish cones on a young tree. Picea bicolor var. acicularis Picea bicolor var. acicularis Rhododendron burmanicum just out. The parent of many…

…characteristic for this Turkish species. Crataegus induta Crataegus induta Fagus sylvatica ‘Bicolor Sartini’ grows beside ‘Black Swan’ but is romping away. Fagus sylvatica ‘Bicolor Sartini’ A newly planted and entirely…

…outstanding clump. Some flowers full out, some still coming. Looks like there is some natural hybridisation in the clump. Eucomis bicolor Eucomis bicolor Eucomis bicolor The largest Agave americana I…

…bicolor and Phormium ‘Cream Delight’ Eucomis bicolor and Persicaria milletii ‘Aurea’. Eucomis bicolor and Persicaria milletii ‘Aurea’ Lilium superbum and Podocarpus totara. Lilium superbum and Podocarpus totara Thalictrum delavayi ‘Hewitt’s…

…lives in the bothy which is also gloriously derelict as you will see. Pittosporum bicolor in flower. Pittosporum bicolor Pittosporum bicolor Pittosporum bicolor Myrica californica – a rare evergreen. Myrica…

…on Pittosporum bicolor but the new growth is anything but pittosporum-like. Pittosporum bicolor Pittosporum bicolor I had always thought this elderly 20-25ft tall plant was Pittosporum illiciodes before Roy Lancaster…

…growing with reddish new growth but not that different. Gaura ‘Belleza’ Alstroemeria ‘Indian Summer’ – tall growing with bronzy foliage. Alstroemeria ‘Indian Summer’ Alstroemeria ‘Indian Summer’ Alstroemeria ‘Summer Breeze’ –…

…Aesculus californica The UK champion tree of Pittosporum bicolor from S. E. Australia. Never realised it could grow to 40ft. Pittosporum bicolor Pittosporum bicolor A 30-40ft tall Dacrydium cupressinum (another…

…bit above ours I thought. These plants of Fascicularia bicolor especially good. Fascicularia bicolor Fascicularia bicolor 2018 – CHW For the second year a pigeon has nested in Camellia ‘Mary…

…species in leaf and neither are the flowers. Pittosporum bicolor Pittosporum bicolor 2017 – CHW Hard pruning of the Magnolia delavayi plants below the castle is taking place. It looks…

…ssp. fansipanensis with its extraordinary bark. Betula insignis ssp. fansipanensis Fascicularia bicolor and Sequoiadendron giganteum. Fascicularia bicolor and Sequoiadendron giganteum Grevillea barklyana in flower. Grevillea barklyana Podocarpus spinulosus. Podocarpus spinulosus…

…‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ Magnolia ‘Summer Solstice’ A huge elderly clump of Rhododendron loderi which I usually miss during Chelsea week is out early. Quite a sight today. Rhododendron…

…sp. nova (Crug 15165) Camellia reticulata ‘Lasca Beauty’ has its first flower today. Camellia reticulata ‘Lasca Beauty’ 2023 – CHW Mature and immature female cones on Araucaria bidwillii (or A….

…– CHW A tour of Old Park with 2 of the 4 grandchildren; Isla and Bea.Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ – another one out in the Kitchen Garden. Malus ‘Royal Beauty’ The…

…campestre ‘Red Shine’ Although this is incorrectly labelled Abies bicolor var. alcoquiana it is in fact the pretty rare Picea alcoquiana (syn. Picea bicolor). Most attractive today with male upright…

…Secondary flowers on Viburnum rhytidophyllum which I had not expected after such a heavy crop of flowers in the summer. Viburnum rhytidophyllum Rhododendron ‘Bowjingles’ flowering in a nursery bed. A…

…at its best and now layered for posterity. Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ Rhododendron ‘Beauty of Littleworth’ Rhododendron cinnarbarinum subsp. xantocodon Purpurellum Group with a few flowers. This is borderline with…

…good and I bought 15 for £15 each. Cycas revoluta Cycas revoluta Cycas revoluta Also a huge batch of Fascicularia bicolor with no colour showing yet but good plants. I…