23rd August

…raspberry) did (see Tuesday 18th August). Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis Erigerion karvinskianus (mucronatus) opposite the front door is a marvellous plant for semi naturalising in a wall or hedge and…

7th December

…in full flower. Camellia x williamsii Camellia x williamsii Cotoneaster horizontalis has lost its berries but not its exceptional autumn colour. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis Magnolia ‘Caerhays Belle’ is still…

13th December

…fine display on a wall although the berries dropped or were eaten weeks ago. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis I do not remember seeing seed heads on Verbena bonariensis as plentiful…

16th December

…Dead Echium Dead Echium Cotoneaster horizontalis has a fine show of autumn colour now the berries have gone. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis Echinops battanicus still has a surviving pale blue…

19th December

horizontalis is not an evergreen and what a good winter colour show it can produce. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis Still a few tail end flowers on the ancient Camellia sasanqua…

19th September

…covered in part by Vitis coignetiae. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis A supposedly short service and debate in Gorran church about the major parish reorganisation proposed by the diocese and the…

1st October

…on Cotoneaster horizontalis and flowers on Fuchsia magellanica var. gracilis. Cotoneaster horizontalis Astonished to find plenty of flowers on Rhododendron mucronulatum which would normally be out on bare, leafless, stems…

18th October

…up cotoneaster berries here is Cotoneaster horizontalis with berries overripe and dropping. Cotoneaster horizontalis This (finally) is Hedychium gardnerianum. I have misidentified other Hedychium in the past as this species….

30th July

…this in Cornwall, very seldom elsewhere and never in such profusion. Wisteria setting runner bean-like seeds Wisteria setting runner bean-like seeds Cotoneaster horizontalis dying for lack of water. A most…

5th January

horizontalis which it was growing up through died in the drought last summer. A freestanding shrub which was taking advantage of a host. Just a few black fruits with the…