…tints on the leaves. Staphylea colchica Staphylea colchica Staphylea colchica Either the drought or a squirrel has caused most of the seeds to drop prematurely to the ground well before…

…Staphylea colchica Staphylea colchica Staphylea colchica Delighted to find Rhododendron ‘Corona’ full out. I first saw this in Corona North’s garden at Altimont in Eire near Tullow some 15 years…

…to flower. Sorbus megalocarpa Rhododendron wadanum – our clump of 3 is down to only 2. Rhododendron wadanum Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ – the leaves darken with age. Staphylea colchica…

…out next year. Rhododendron ‘Crest’ Seed grown (by us) Staphylea colchica – 2 young plants in the Rookery. Staphylea colchica Gamblea psedudoevodifolia making headway at last. Gamblea psedudoevodifolia Attractive new…

…colours and there are plenty of ripening bladdernuts on display. Staphylea colchica Staphylea colchica 2018 – CHW A Photinia villosa comparison session. We did this once before in the diary…

…the Ilex collection here. Ilex colchica Ilex colchica The new water tank at George’s Hut. new water tank at George’s Hut A single large white flower on an (unknown) evergreen…

…has now dropped on Staphylea colchica leaving only the rounded and yellowish seed capsules on the tree. Staphylea colchica Staphylea colchica Many of our aerial grafts have failed in the…

…in the sun. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ 2023 – CHW The Eden Project have spent 6 weeks trying to come here to collect the wildflower seeds…

…on two ‘Chinese lantern trees’ as we used to call them as children when collecting seeds with Dad. Properly ‘bladder nuts’ of course!Staphylea colchica Staphylea colchica Staphylea colchica Staphylea pinnata…

…ever seeing them like this in early June. Staphylea colchica Staphylea colchica Pterostyrax hispida (one of two quite close to each other) is just coming out. Both are decent sized…

…for us. Sorbus matsumurana Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ looking as its name would have you believe. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Beauty’ Sapium sebiferum very late into leaf…

…the Staphylea collection and well worth propagating by the look of it. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Jack’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Jack’ Quercus yunnanensis with a new set of leaves. Quercus yunnanensis…

…flower buds. Maddenia hypoleuca Staphylea colchica ‘Black Jack’ is also now flowering properly. Staphylea colchica ‘Black Jack’ Staphylea colchica ‘Black Jack’ 2024 – CHW Magnolia x brooklynensis ‘Hattie Carthan’ on…

…wind today which has made photography difficult. Staphylea ‘Elegans’ Staphylea ‘Elegans’ Staphylea colchica ‘Innocence’ as we now think it is. Staphylea colchica ‘Innocence’ Staphylea colchica ‘Innocence’ Leaves of Staphylea trifolia….

…colchica. Staphylea colchica Grass cutting at Donkey Shoe. Donkey Shoe Euonymus wilsonii suffering in the drought with the new leaves much smaller than the older ones. Euonymus wilsonii Euonymus tingens…

…The ‘Annabelle’ need staking as here. Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ and Ceros canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ Not bad either to see Hedera colchica ‘Sulphur Heat’ growing with a fruiting vine (‘Muscat of…

…Staphylea colchica has ‘bladder nuts’ which have ‘burst’ (ie the pods have deflated) and are ready to gather. Staphylea colchica Staphylea trifoliata has pods which have turned red like its…

…Staphylea pinnata And more yellow on Staphylea colchica. Staphylea colchica Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ is a regular second flowerer. Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ Ross has cleared the two fallen…

…after the first buds opened. Magnolia ‘Porcelain Dove’ Staphylea colchica with large bladders already turning colour. Some dieback on the tree in the drought. No bladders at all on the…

…House Ghost’ still out in full flower. Daphne bholua ‘Garden House Ghost’ Picea schrenkiana purchased from Mallet Court. Picea schrenkiana Another new ilex species for the collection – Ilex colchica….