27th May

…more immature plant perhaps. Aesculus flava Aesculus flava Aesculus sylvatica. Very dense panicles with red insides to the trumpets. Another one we have not seen in flower before here. Aesculus…

25th May

…three below Slip Rail is the best form we have. Enkianthus chinensis Enkianthus chinensis Aesculus flava in full flower. The nearest to yellow of any aesculus species. Aesculus flava Three…

11th October

…stages of its colour changes. Euonymus planipes Euonymus planipes Aesculus flava’s autumn performance. Aesculus flava Chitalpa tashkentensis still full of flower. Chitalpa tashkentensis Franklinia alatamaha with bud and flower. Franklinia…

17th September

…planipes with more ripe seed heads. Euonymus planipes Euonymus planipes Autumn colours on Aesculus flava. Aesculus flava And on Aesculus x mutabilis ‘Induta’. Aesculus x mutabilis ‘Induta’ And on Aesculus…

22nd August

…to three weeks before the squirrels find them. Very little seed on any of the other Aesculus in Kennel Close. x neglecta is a cross between Aesculus flava and Aesculus…

10th May

…(Aesculus flava x A. hippocastanum). It is labelled as Aesculus chinensis (and thus it appears on the plan) but it clearly has great hybrid vigour as a tree and easily…

17th May

…Steve has sent me a picture of Aesculus x marylandica which is not yet in the collection here. This is Aesculus glabra x Aesculus flava and still very rare. It…

30th May

…Levan’ – a new one to me and quite nice. Rhododendron ‘Loch Levan’ Rhododendron ‘Loch Levan’ Aesculus flava. I am getting into an aesculus muddle and need to regroup and…