2nd January

japonicum ‘Pendulum’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ 2017 – CHW Biting cold east wind but fine. No frost as yet here but this will slow everything…

12th February

…Cinnamomum japonicum suckers Cinnamomum japonicum Cinnamomum japonicum knobbly bark Cinnamomum japonicum mature bark A tidy up around the, once record tree, Pinus pinaster which fell a year or so ago….

15th June

…not spotted this new species to us before but it is doing well on Burns Bank. Phellodendron japonicum Phellodendron japonicum Phellodendron japonicum Phellodendron japonicum I was confused by Amelanchier bartramiana…

10th October

…spring show rather than an autumn one but not bad at all. Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ Nearby is a good young plant of Podocarpus acutifolius…

19th October

…on a 12 year old Acer japonicum. Acer japonicum Athrotaxus selaginoides growing away well. Athrotaxus selaginoides Athrotaxus selaginoides The other Tom gift is labelled Rhus chinensis but its leaf form…

7th September

…defoliating in the drought. Here a Cercidiphyllum japonicum var. magnificum has turned early but retained all its leaves. Planted in 2005. Cercidiphyllum japonicum Here a 2007 planted Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’…

28th July

…has been so dry it is only now coming into growth? Pieris Pieris Pieris Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ with its trailing ‘skirt’ nibbled by roe deer. Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum

15th September

…name originated. Not so sure now. Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ 2016 – CHW The great joy of gardening is to inspect recent new planting and…

21st September

…the spring. Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ 2017 – CHW Tom Hudson gave us this pink lapageria two or three years ago. To my surprise it…

16th September

…straw But more than enough silage. silage Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ not as coloured as the one at Burncoose. Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ The quince is, once again, fully…