14th October

…new growth. Euonymus kachinensis Malus hupehensis also plastered in fruits. We should plant the two hupehensis side by side. Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis 2023 – CHW The Magnolia virginiana ‘Havener’…

11th September

…very free flowering clumps of which some are on poorish soil but still performing well. Anemone hupehensis ‘September Charm’ Anemone hupehensis ‘September Charm’ Anemone hupehensis ‘Queen Charlotte’ – some larger…

8th May

…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…

28th July

…‘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 year after…

9th October

…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 hupehensis Malus prunifolia…

20th October

…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 berries. Hillier’s now calls this…

10th October

…toringo ‘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…

21st December

hupehensis Sorbus hupehensis Sorbus hupehensis As was the needle colour on the dwarf growing Pinus mugo ‘Zundert’. Very yellow needles in winter and its first cone on show inside the…

27th October

…Pink’ 2018 – CHW Malus hupehensis is full of small reddish crab apples in only its first year after planting in the Isla Rose Plantation. A quick result! Malus hupehensis

28th November

…3. This one with rounded red fruit might be Malus hupehensis or, conceivably, Malus x floribunda. Malus hupehensis Malus hupehensis I will need to pay rather more attention to the…

4th November

hupehensis Sorbus hupehensis Malus ‘Jelly King’ with ripe fruits. Malus ‘Jelly King’ Malus ‘Jelly King’ 2022 – CHW A huge Pinus insignis tree twists, turns, and falls at the Red…

1st November

…manky in pots and are slow to get away when planted. Maakia hupehensis Maakia hupehensis Kalopanax septemlobus is a superb yellow with just a few leaves on the ground. Perhaps…

26th October

…on the top wall slate slabs on the top wall slate slabs on the top wall Malus hupehensis covered in fruits despite only being planted in 2017. Malus hupehensis Malus…

21st August

…into from this first flowering as a young plant. Sorbus hupehensis Sorbus hupehensis 2018 – CHW Some rain and everything in the garden looking much healthier. We can now assess…

3rd August

…in his garden. Maakia hupehensis Maakia hupehensis Four Crataegus species with fruits have coloured up well in 10 days: Crataegus ellwangeriana ‘Fire Ball’ – nearly ready for Asia to gather….

15th May

…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…

7th May

…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…

28th April

…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…

8th April

…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…

2nd October

…bud visible already for next spring. Paulownia fortunei Paulownia fortunei Ilex aff. gagnepainiana (FMWJ 13468) has made huge growth. Ilex aff. gagnepainiana (FMWJ 13468) Plenty of berry on Sorbus hupehensis