…full out. Crataegus schraderiana Crataegus schraderiana Crataegus schraderiana Cornus capitata with exceptionally large creamy bracts this year. Cornus capitata Cornus capitata Cornus capitata Stewartia rostrata with pink buds just opening….

…are now starting to eat. The branches are bowed down with the weight of the fruits. Cornus capitata Cornus capitata Cornus capitata Malus x micromalus still covered in yellow fruits…

…today. Do not eat them! Cornus capitata Cornus capitata Cornus capitata 2018 – CHW A new batch of conifers for planting out in Kennel Close. Mainly from Mark Bulk’s nurseries.Glyptostrobus…

…that Deutzia multiradiata is evergreen. Deutzia multiradiata These are the fallen fruits of Cornus capitata which the crows have been gorging on. Cornus capitata Cornus capitata First snowdrop nearly out….

…ripe either. Cornus capitata Cornus capitata 2018 – CHW The first fruits on Zanthoxylum armatum. The most obvious armaments appear as the prickles on the stems and branches but the…

…young trees grown from seed now replace an elderly plant on the main ride which was cut up as dead only a month ago. Cornus capitata Cornus capitata All leaf…

…Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ 2022 – CHW Cornus capitata with ripe fruits, flies and wasps galore. Cornus capitata Cornus capitata Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ now full out. Camellia sasanqua…

…birds. Cornus capitata Cornus capitata Propping up a leaning Sorbus tainschanica. Sorbus tainschanica Camellia ‘Setsugekka’ Camellia ‘Setsugekka’ Camellia ‘Setsugekka’ Enormous quantities of seeds on Styrax japonicus ‘Emerald Pagoda’. Styrax japonicus…

…about it and Cornus ‘Normna Haddon’ is a cross between C. capitata (evergreen) and C Kousa (deciduous) so the answer is obvious. Cornus capitata Salix fargesii has very attractive twigs…

…purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ Malus x purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ Cornus capitata laden with fruits as usual. Cornus capitata A side branch blown out on Mangolia ‘Daphne’. Mangolia ‘Daphne’ Acer japonicum starting…

…fruits on Cornus capitata which remain more or less uneaten. I have never seen them last into the New Year before. Cornus capitata The first bud is showing colour too…

…here just emerging by the drive. Rhododendron nobleanum Rhododendron nobleanum Cornus capitata above Bond Street still in nearly full green leaf. Cornus capitata First couple of flowers on Camellia ‘Debbie’….

…crows feasting on the last of the fruits on Cornus capitata. Normally a feast for squirrels (25 in the last fortnight with aniseed mixed in with the bird food) but…

…it because it is so early that the colour is really not ‘dark red’ at all? Camellia ‘Takanini’ Photinia niitakayamensis with plentiful berries. Photinia niitakayamensis The fruits on Cornus capitata…

…Jolivette’ The largest Cornus capitata has blown over and broken all but one main root. The stump is rotten but the tree looked well and full of fruits. Another plant…

…comparison to those seen on Cornus capitata seen 10 days ago. ‘Gloria Birkett’ is a cross between C. capitata and Cornus kousa. Cornus ‘Gloria Birkett’ The seed pods on Stewartia…

…ssp. diaprepes? 2023 – CHW An oak tour with Allan Coombes and his wife after a train trip from Cheltenham Spa. Cornus capitata with gigantic bracts. Cornus capitata Quercus liebmannii…

…the Taiwanese form of Trochodendron aralioides. pruning is needed Taiwanese Trochodendron with multiple, as yet unripe, seed heads. Taiwanese Trochodendron The fruits on Cornus capitata are still nowhere near ripe….

…and Pterocarya. The view from the front of the house over a wild flower meadow. view from the front of the house Abelia grandiflora. Abelia grandiflora Cornus capitata had turned…

…showing colour – very early. Hydrangea quercifolia Cornus capitata is an equally good show today also above the greenhouse. Cornus capitata Photinia glabra (?) has a few flowers. Confirming the…