…Aralia foliosa Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ in bud and already scented. Magnolia obovata ‘Pink Flush’ Magnolia x wieseneri now full out. Magnolia x wieseneri Magnolia x wieseneri Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’…

…chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) below the Aucklandii Garden. Terrible blotching of the leaves but, since this tree loses its leaves very early in the autumn and they are on the very…

…Kel at the very top of the Abies grandis Kel at the very top of the Abies grandis Today he started on the diseased Aesculus hippocastanum. diseased Aesculus hippocastanum diseased…

…fading in colour. Magnolia denudata ‘Forrest’s Pink’ First few flowers showing on the old Azalea amoena on the drive. Azalea amoena The first Aesculus hippocastanum into leaf is, as usual,…

…First flowering of Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii. Rhododendron oreodoxa var. fargesii 2018 – CHW The first Aesculus hippocastanum leaves and flowers showing. Rather later than last year? Aesculus hippocastanum Taiwania…

…‘Fireball’ Azalea ‘Fireball’ Azalea ‘Berryrose’ – ditto. Azalea ‘Berryrose’ Azalea ‘Berryrose’ The double flowered but sterile Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ is excellent value. Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ Aesculus x bushii is not…

…alder like leaves indeed. Sorbus alnifolia Sorbus japonica just out also. White undersides to its leaves. Sorbus japonica Sorbus japonica Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ with its double flowers – three weeks…

…now. Photinia parvifolia Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ full out well before most of the other species of Aesculus which are now on the way. Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ Quercus rugosa with new…

…is rather less floriferous and paler in colour. Also a yellow flash in the trumpets. Aesculus woerlitzensis Aesculus woerlitzensis Double white (and sterile) flowers on Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ (‘Flore Pleno’)….

…dead Aesculus hippocastanum at the end of Sinogrande Walk. It, and its already dead colleague, took the initial hit when in leaf in March 2018 and the Beast arrived. dead…

…any of the Enkianthus this year. Enkianthus cernuus rubens Fruit forming on Malus x prattii below Kennel Close. Not yet ripe. Malus x prattii Autumn colour on Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’….

…Aesculus hipposcastanum to see the flower properly (and compare it to Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ – the double form as seen recently). The white flowers have yellow blotches which then turn…

…in this dry summer but already being attacked by grey squirrels. Hazelnuts Conkers well-formed already too (Aesculus hippocastanum) although a small crop after the drought. Conkers Conkers A well-formed trunk…

…the work of moth larvae which attack Aesculus hippocastanum or is this just autumn colour? I fear the worst looking at our chestnuts generally. Aesculus wilsonii Aesculus wilsonii Sadly no…

…Magnolia stellata ‘Centennial’ Magnolia stellata ‘Centennial’ I thought the wind had blown the leaf open on this Fagus asplenifolia (as it had on an adjacent Aesculus hippocastanum) but when I…