…tree flowering in Jaimie’s garden. A very fine flower for October! apple tree Going back to Ilex mutchagara Bean says it is a close ally of Ilex crenata from the…

…the cash point today. Pyrus colleryana ‘Chanticleer’ Pyrus colleryana ‘Chanticleer’ Cotinus ‘Grace’ is equally good alongside it. Cotinus ‘Grace’ Deutzia crenata ‘Nikko’ with a lovely reddish-purple hue as well. One…

…which is why they must be planted in semi shade and shelter. shredded in the east wind Quercus x hispanica ‘Lucombeana’ (now apparently renamed as Quercus x crenata ‘Lucombeana’) has…

…x crenata ‘Ambrozyana’. Semi-evergreen, leaves white underneath. Quercus x hispanica ‘Ambrozyana’ Quercus x hispanica ‘Ambrozyana’ A tree sized Corylus columna which I have not spotted before. The Turkish hazel which…

…Gold’ clipped into a ball. Coprosma ‘Beatson’s Gold’ Is this Ilex Ilex dimorphophylla or, perhaps, a form of Ilex crenata convexa? Might even be Ilex nothofagifolia? Ilex dimorphophylla? Ilex dimorphophylla?…