16th October

…‘Honey Baby’ which is a small growing shrubby honeysuckle with (today) startling red fruits. Lonicera periclymenum ‘Honey Baby’ Lonicera periclymenum ‘Honey Baby’ Fruits on the irregularly variegated Photinia davidiana ‘Palette’….

3rd May

davidiana Keteleeria davidiana Keteleeria davidiana Davidia involucrata ‘Nymans Sentinel’ a named form with an upright habit in a grove of 20 handkerchief trees. All in flower today. Planted after the…

25th May

…think it can survive with us unfortunately even in a sheltered spot. Firmania simplex Photinia davidiana in the Rookery (formerly Stransvaesia davidiana). Photinia davidiana Photinia davidiana Acer maximowiczianum (Acer nikoense)…

27th February

…Long pointed leaves a bit like a huge yew. Keteleeria davidiana Keteleeria davidiana Keteleeria davidiana 2017 – CHW A visit from old friends who used to garden at Sudbury. A…

15th October

…Diospyros kaki was planted in 2013. A few hints of autumn colour. Diospyros kaki Keteleeria davidiana making good progress and hosting a number of ladybirds. Keteleeria davidiana Keteleeria davidiana Photinia…

25th August

…prunifolium Ketteleeria davidiana looked terrible after planting last year but now some decent new growth. Ketteleeria davidiana Ketteleeria davidiana A single secondary lower on Magnolia ‘Lili Diva’ and very dark…

18th January

…Another absurdity in full flower is Photinia davidiana ‘Red Robin’. I photographed another Photinia davidiana form in flower in the autumn. Photinias are not normally noted for their flower which…

7th October

…Photinia davidiana Photinia davidiana I fail to find Ilex saponaria supposedly planted in the Rookery.No sign of any berries on the windbreak grove of Ilex perado subsp. platyphylla. A newly…

2nd December

…fruit. The older coloured leaves have now fallen leaving just the younger evergreen ones. Photinia davidiana Photinia davidiana Flowers about to appear on Clethra pringleyi – lots! Clethra pringleyi Presumably…

16th April

…Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ Magnolia ‘Hot Flush’ Photinia davidiana is virtually leafless. The old leaves have just dropped but the new growth has yet to appear in the main. Photinia davidiana