…that I have seen if it is? Aesculus hippocastanum Aesculus hippocastanum This is the time of the year when honey fungus strikes and, as the grass is cut, so some…

…wieseneri Magnolia x wieseneri Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ now full out. Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ Aesculus woerlitzensis Aesculus woerlitzensis Aesculus woerlitzensis Magnolia ‘Southern Belle’ is out just a few days before ‘Summer…

…its leaves. Sorbus japonica Sorbus japonica Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ with its double flowers – three weeks earlier than last year. Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ Acer truncatum var. barbinerve with winged seed…

…species collection is growing nicely. Only 2 more species to get to have the full list of those in the Hilliers catalogue. 16 species here now. Photinia parvifolia Aesculus hippocastanum…

…Aesculus woerlitzensis Double white (and sterile) flowers on Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ (‘Flore Pleno’). I have not seen this out before but the flowers are impressive. Aesculus hippocastanum ‘Baumannii’ Aesculus x…

…The first Aesculus hippocastanum into leaf is, as usual, the one below the main fernery. Aesculus hippocastanum 2021 – CHW Everything frosted in Old Park below the top path, but…

…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 cryptomeroides is…

…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’. Better than…

Next Day >< Previous Day CONTRIBUTORS: FJW 1955-2007 CHW 2015- JCW 1897-1939 CW 1940-1955 2023 – CHW A dead Aesculus hippocastanum at the end of Sinogrande Walk. It, and its…

…by grey squirrels. Hazelnuts Conkers well-formed already too (Aesculus hippocastanum) although a small crop after the drought. Conkers Conkers A well-formed trunk on Nothofagus antarctica and beech seeds already formed….