14th October

…getting going. Keteleeria davidiana Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ with its fine autumn display. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ The true Photinia villosa (we also saw P. villosa var. coreana two weeks…

15th September

…turning in colour to yellow and its orange new shoots are going from red to orange as they will be soon. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia…

21st April

…Orange’. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Juglans cinerea with emerging new growth. Juglans cinerea Acer campestre ‘Elsrick’ with root suckering growth at the base of the tree….

1st May

…come out, but not later, the flowers are very similar. The reference books do not seem to know Daybreak’s parentage. TILIA cordata ‘Winter Orange’ TILIA cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata

5th May

…Carpinus cordata Carpinus cordata Carpinus turczaninowii – with male and female flowers together Carpinus turczaninowii Carpinus turczaninowii To lunch at Borde Hill with the Stephenson-Clarkes who are open spring to…

18th May

…Crataegus aprica Crataegus aprica Crataegus aprica Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia tomentosa ‘Petiolaris’ (second plant) with a more pronounced weeping habit –…

18th June

…laxiflora var. macrostachya Carpinus cordata. Carpinus cordata Carpinus cordata Carpinus caroliniana. Carpinus caroliniana Juglans microcarpa. Juglans microcarpa Juglans microcarpa 2022 – CHW Styrax japonicus ‘Farges Belle’ in the Isla Rose…

7th July

…from the Caerhays collection. Carpinus coreana Carpinus coreana Carpinus cordata. Carpinus cordata Carpinus cordata Carpinus laxiflora var. macrostachya. Carpinus laxiflora var. macrostachya Carpinus laxiflora var. macrostachya Carpinus caucasica. Carpinus caucasica…

16th October

…The Betula circles get better and better. Betula circles Flowering grasses beside the lower lake. Flowering grasses Flowering grasses A very fine Alnus cordata, Italian alder. Alnus cordata Alnus cordata

31st October

…of Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ to encourage it to reshoot and develop its wonderful red new growth. Before and after pictures. Pruning of Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Pruning of Tilia…

2nd November

…CHW Yesterday a garden tour with the Townsends.Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ looking superb now denuded of all its leaves. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ The fruits on…

3rd November

…how it looked today. Coprosma grandiflora Coprosma grandiflora Coprosma grandiflora Coprosma grandiflora 2020 – CHW Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ now leafless and glowing in the sun. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’…

4th November

…exhibiting its orange twigs even more clearly than a fortnight ago. A fine plant now. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Not sure what this multi-stemmed sorbus is…

1st December

…HRH Prince Charles during a visit here. Cedrus atlantica ‘Glauca’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ now finally leafless. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Photinia macrophylla (HWJ 5614) which I suspect is wrongly…

8th February

…Acer griseum below Slip Rail. Acer griseum Camellia ‘Takanini’ and Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’. An interesting combination of red and orange. Camellia ‘Takanini’ and Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Prunus ‘Kursar’…

4th March

…Williams’ Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’. Magnolia ‘Laura Saylor’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ at its best in the sun. Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ Magnolia ‘Shirazz’ just starting in the Isla Rose. Magnolia…

23rd April

…some odd reason, there are still some decent ones left today on the very lowest branches. Prunus incisa Leaves just emerging on Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’. We must remember to…

27th April

…globosum ‘Jermyn’s Globe’ (V. calvum x V. davidii) – the original Hillier plant from 1964. Viburnum x globosum ‘Jermyn’s Globe’ Viburnum x globosum ‘Jermyn’s Globe’ Tilia cordata ‘Winter Orange’ pruned…

26th June

…in stock which are proving rather popular although will probably not flower in pots. Aralia cachemirica and Aralia cordata. Aralia cordata Aralia cachemirica Lagerstroemia indica ‘Fuchsia d’Ete’ has yet to…

7th August

…features in Leslie’s garden Osmunda regalis and Houttuynia cordata go well together. Osmunda regalis and Houttuynia cordata A fine display of Anisodontea. Anisodontea 2021 – CHW A possible new addition…