…an apple 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…

…‘Chanticleer’ with splendid orange, red and yellow colour in the cash point today. Pyrus colleryana ‘Chanticleer’ Pyrus colleryana ‘Chanticleer’ Cotinus ‘Grace’ is equally good alongside it. Cotinus ‘Grace’ Deutzia crenata…

…Q. 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…

…east wind 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…