…sinensis Davidia involucrata var. vilmorimana ‘Golden Birr’ has golden young leaves and originated in Birr Castle in Ireland. Davidia involucrata var. vilmorimana ‘Golden Birr’ Davidia involucrata var. vilmorimana ‘Golden Birr’…

…to Burncoose (on the bank above Hovel Cart Road above the Osmanthus with wrinkled/prickly leaves and beside the Exochorda). Lonicera involucrata Lonicera involucrata Lonicera involucrata 2020 – CHW I suppose…

…plant was 6-8ft tall with 20 to 25 handkerchiefs. Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ At one end of the front of the house an elderly Diospyros…

…6 cygnets this year. cygnets A gigantic Davidia involucrata in the churchyard at Creed. Davidia involucrata Davidia involucrata Davidia involucrata 2023 – CHW Photinia parvifolia flowering for the first time…

…involucrata ‘Mrs Pope’ Salvia involucrata ‘Mrs Pope’ Asphodeline lutea setting seed – introduced 1596. Asphodeline lutea One of the 4 historic cedars below over last December. The Royal Family bought…

…years to produce their first flowers. Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ Paulownia tomentosa also flowering in a pot in the show tunnel. Far too early for…

…walnut. Juglans nigra Juglans nigra Davidia involucrata var. vilmoriniana has attractive bark and slightly different shaped leaves. Flowers long gone. Bark a bit different too. Davidia involucrata var. vilmoriniana Davidia…

…so this may be the last you see of this rare-ish variety. Hydrangea involucrata ‘Viridescens’ Hydrangea involucrata ‘Viridescens’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ is just coming out ahead of the pink and…

…This is Hydrangea aspera ‘Kawakamii’ x Hydrangea involucrata just coming out. Nothing startling as yet. Hydrangea aspera ‘Kawakamii’ x Hydrangea involucrata Hydrangea aspera ‘Kawakamii’ x Hydrangea involucrata The agapanthus are…

…to be out at sea Very late flowering on a trio of recently planted Hydrangea involucrata. The colour fades quickly and there are very few flower bracts. Hydrangea involucrata Hydrangea…

…C. kousa as you can readily see here. Cornus ‘Gloria Birkett’ Cornus ‘Gloria Birkett’ Hydrangea aspera ‘Macrophylla’ just coming out. Hydrangea aspera ‘Macrophylla’ Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ struggling slightly but only…

…‘J C Williams’ Mistletoe in Davidia involucrata. Not seen this before! Both look content. Mistletoe in Davidia involucrata The date plate at Llanfair. date plate Carpinus betulus in flower Carpinus…

…Davidia involucrata in the Auklandii Garden. This tree replaced the one here before whose trunk split out three ways. It was probably three Davidias planted together as there used to…

…phoenicolasius Rubus phoenicolasius Tail end flowers on Hydrangea involucrata ‘Viridescens’ above The Hovel. Hydrangea involucrata ‘Viridescens’ Rubus lineatus only has a couple of fruit clusters this year but is making…

…Magnolia virginiana var. australis ‘Satellite’ Frankie and Ross try to extract the gigantic fallen fir above the lake. fallen fir Davidia involucrata ‘Sonoma’ appears to have settled in. Davidia involucrata…

…offered. Nepeta subsessilis Nepeta subsessilis The only self-sown Davidia seedlings I have ever seen under a mature Davidia involucrata. Davidia involucrata The front of Northcourt Manor – 1615 is the…

…drive of Polylepsis australis has suddenly died like its counterpart in the garden we saw three weeks ago. No obvious reason. Polylepsis australis Polylepsis australis Hydrangea involucrata ‘Viridescens’ is full…

…‘Yuchelia’ Magnolia ‘Yuchelia’ Another (third) good plant of Acer sikkimense (WWJ 11613). Acer sikkimense Hydrangea aspera kawakamii x involucrata only just alive after the cold east winds (just like Hydrangea…

…involucrata with actually only the bracts showing as yet and not the yellow flowers. Lonicera involucrata We just felled the dead Malus hupehensis by the garden entrance which came as…

…3 Hydrangea involucrata 3 Hydrangea serr. Mount Aso 1 Ilex pedunculosa 1 Mahonia sheridaniana 1 Myoporum laetum 1 Nothofagus cunninghamii 1 Stewartia Anne 1 Syringa protolaciniata 1 Syzygium aff. Griisii…