…We should plant the two hupehensis side by side. Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis 2023 – CHW The Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’ has opened more fully and so has the seed pod….

…to Chelsea a couple of times when rather smaller! Carpinus betulus ‘Fastigiata’ Malus hupehensis flowering well three years on from planting. Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis A good clump…

…hupehensis ‘September Charm’ Anemone hupehensis ‘Queen Charlotte’ – some larger flowers are semi-double and a darker pink than ‘September Charm’. Anemone hupehensis ‘Queen Charlotte’ Anemone hupehensis ‘Queen Charlotte’ Japanese anemones…

…(Maackia chinensis ‘Hupense’). Maackia hupehensis Maackia hupehensis Maackia hupehensis An attractive compilation of Hydrangea aspera ‘Villosa Group’ and Buddleja lindleyana. Hydrangea aspera ‘Villosa Group’ Buddleja lindleyana flowering exceptionally well this…

…not malus at all but possibly Sorbus or even Photinia. Certainly they are not Malus prunifolia or Malus hupehensis.] Malus prunifolia perhaps or Malus hupehensis Malus prunifolia perhaps or Malus…

…half standard tree as here. Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis Schefflera delavayi now full out. Schefflera delavayi Platycarya strobilacea with old and new cone-like fruits. Platycarya strobilacea Sorbus hupehensis with pinkish…

…‘Freja’ has most attractive leaves. Malus toringo ‘Freja’ Malus ‘Marble’. Malus ‘Marble’ Malus hupehensis ‘Arie Mauritz’. Malus hupehensis ‘Arie Mauritz’ Malus hupehensis. Malus hupehensis Malus ‘Sun Rival’. Malus ‘Sun Rival’…

…ripe. Sorbus eleonorae A young Sorbus hupehensis in Kennel Close. Sorbus hupehensis 2024 – CHW I collect a dozen ripe seed heads from Magnolia globosa. The seeds were on the…

…Kennel Close. Very fine today. Sorbus hupehensis Sorbus hupehensis Sorbus hupehensis As was the needle colour on the dwarf growing Pinus mugo ‘Zundert’. Very yellow needles in winter and its…

…on the show bench. Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Magnolia ‘Phelan Bright’ Malus hupehensis which has died out at Caerhays. Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis Cornus nuttallii ‘Pink Blush’ with little pink but…

…on Maackia hupehensis although hidden away here. Maackia hupehensis Maackia hupehensis These original plants from my father’s Rhododendron williamsianum x Rhododendron decorum cross have been recently cut down but are…

…It needed restaking and that is probably the reason. Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis Trochodendron aralioides – Taiwanese Form – in full flower and impressive. Burncoose now stocks this form as…

…in flower. Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis Magnolia liliiflora ‘Raven’ is nearly over but has flowered well. Magnolia ‘Raven’ Magnolia ‘Raven’ 2021 – CHW Magnolia ‘Sunburst’ at its best. (Magnolia x…

…of Snow’ Leontopodium ‘Blossom of Snow’ Anemone hupehensis ‘Rose Shades’ another new one to me. Anemone hupehensis ‘Rose Shades’ Anemone hupehensis ‘Rose Shades’ Astrantia ‘Star of Billion’ – peculiar flowers….

…and have a look at our plant. Every week during lockdown I have found something new to covet on the walks in his garden. Maakia hupehensis Maakia hupehensis Four Crataegus…

…young plant. Sorbus hupehensis Sorbus hupehensis 2018 – CHW Some rain and everything in the garden looking much healthier. We can now assess the drought damage.Lapageria ‘Flesh Pink’ is out…

…Malus hupehensis. Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis Malus x purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ – odd colouration on the fruits. Malus x purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ Malus x purpurea ‘Crimson Cascade’ Malus ‘Paul Hauber’….

…wall Malus hupehensis covered in fruits despite only being planted in 2017. Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis Violets in flower above the top wall. Violets A variegated Cornus with mole damage….

…full of small reddish crab apples in only its first year after planting in the Isla Rose Plantation. A quick result! Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis More unusual fungi. fungi. fungi….

…get away when planted. Maakia hupehensis Maakia hupehensis Kalopanax septemlobus is a superb yellow with just a few leaves on the ground. Perhaps the best autumn colour of anything in…