6th June

…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….

15th November

…sweet juicy yellowish pith in the ‘strawberries’ surrounding the individual seeds. It all made a good little video in the sun today. Do not eat them! Cornus capitata Cornus capitata

23rd November

…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 and standing out…

2nd January

…These are the fallen fruits of Cornus capitata which the crows have been gorging on. Cornus capitata Cornus capitata First snowdrop nearly out. Another couple of frosty days would do…

28th September

capitata has ripe fruits already while other trees elsewhere in the garden are still green. Cornus capitata Cornus capitata The pheasants have been gorging on the black berries of Cornus…

10th October

…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 fruits…

18th October

…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…

1st November

…– CHW Cornus capitata with ripe fruits, flies and wasps galore. Cornus capitata Cornus capitata Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ now full out. Camellia sasanqua ‘Dazzler’ Disanthus cercidifolius in flower and with…

26th November

…– CHW Splendid new growth on Eriobotrya deflexa. Eriobotrya deflexa Ripe fruit on Cornus capitata now being gobbled up by the birds. Cornus capitata Cornus capitata Propping up a leaning…

13th March 1897 – 2020

…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…

11th June

…japonicus ‘Paul Farges’ Rhododendron yuefengense in bud. The other two plants in this trio have paler flowers and are nearly over. Rhododendron yuefengense Cornus capitata just coming into flower quite…

13th June

…kousa x Cornus capitata) is making a decent tree in Kennel Close and flowering nicely this year. It is growing right beside the C. capitata which makes for an interesting…

14th June

capitata nearly full out. Cornus capitata Picea pungens ‘Fat Albert’ was a purchase from Trevena Cross Garden Centre and planted in 2019. It is not looking well and has struggled…

18th June

…Plantation. Styrax japonicus ‘Farges Belle’ Cornus capitata flowering exceptionally well. Cornus capitata Styrax grandiflorus flowering for the first time. Unlike S. japonicus this species has small racemes of three or…

19th June

…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…

28th June

…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…

23rd July

capitata is about to produce a bumper crop of fruit later in the autumn. Corus capitata Despite the heatwave a bad case of slugs at Sir William’s. bad case of…

4th August

…grandiflora Cornus capitata had turned completely pink. Cornus capitata Quercus coccifera is very slow growing and shrubby. It appears more like a holly. Quercus coccifera Pterocarya fraxinifolia where all the…

14th September

…Styrax is competing with 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…

8th October

…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 to turn. Acer japonicum Acer…