…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. Pinus…

…‘Pendulum’ has a superb spreading habit which I fear I have photographed badly. The trunk is quite distinct too. Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum…

…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 and Amelanchier florida earlier…

…deer. Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ Rhododendron fortunei ssp. discolor full out in the main quarry and splendid as usual. Rhododendron fortunei ssp. discolor Rhododendron fortunei…

…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’…

…that the 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…

…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 has suddenly…

…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 which has…

…11.080) Zanthoxylum armatum Good colour 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…

…Stypholobium japonicum ‘Pendula’ Clethra barbinervis and Stypholobium japonicum ‘Pendula’ Musa basjoo and Romneya coulteri Musa basjoo and Romneya coulteri Clematis x durandii and Acca sellowiana Clematis x durandii and Acca…

…nicely. Before the 1990 hurricane a UK record tree grew exactly here. Cercidiphyllum japonicum Cercidiphyllum japonicum As is the old Acer henryi at the top. Acer henryi Acer henryi Meanwhile…

…reduced the normal crop of straw on the spring barley. straw But more than enough silage. silage Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Strawberry’ not as coloured as the one at Burncoose. Cercidiphyllum japonicum…

…donax ‘Golden Chain’ Arundo donax ‘Golden Chain’ Arundo donax ‘Golden Chain’ Ligustrum japonicum ‘Aureum’ in full flower. Ligustrum japonicum ‘Aureum’ Ligustrum japonicum ‘Aureum’ Dregea sinensis Dregea sinensis Dregea sinensis 2016…

…– hotter than August by a long chalk. Previously an identical record tree stood in the same spot but was felled in the 1990 hurricane. Cercidiphyllum japonicum Cercidiphyllum japonicum 1917…

…Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ The Pinus insignis trunk photographed on fire on Friday is still burning out well and doing no harm to anything but laurel. Pinus insignis…

…they are pretty pathetic ‘flowers’ – merely fat anthers with pollen. The tree is a remarkable shape and beautiful as it starts to leaf up. Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Pendulum’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum…

…performing nicely for the first time. Magnolia ‘Lili-Diva’ Magnolia ‘Lili-Diva’ Acer japonicum in full flower – planted in 2010. A Crug collection with especially red flowers. Acer japonicum Acer japonicum…

…an old Quercus acuta and a Quercus phillyreoides. Cinnamomum japonicum Cinnamomum japonicum Tree surgery on more sweet chestnuts in Old Park. Some felled, some with just dead branches removed. All…

…Malus ‘Prairie Fire’ Two enormous Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Morioka Weeping’ dating from 1824. Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Morioka Weeping’ Cercidiphyllum japonicum ‘Morioka Weeping’ Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis ‘Kenneth Ashburner’. Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis…

…still absolutely fine. Rhododendron calophytum Rhododendron calophytum Cercidiphyllum japonicum varieties have hated the drought and largely defoliated, as here. I saw this near Bristol as well in early July. Cercidiphyllum…