…at Rosemoor in March was out much earlier and very pale by comparison. Lindera obtusiloba Lindera obtusiloba A second glorious day with the garden overflowing with scent and people! 2015…

…in the planting records. Acer mandshuricum Acer mandshuricum I would have expected Lindera obtusiloba to be out by now but the buds are still closed tight. This species is often…

…to flower, now showing colour. Michelia foveolata Lindera obtusiloba now fully out. Lindera obtusiloba Lindera obtusiloba Chusquea gigantea by Tin Garden is flowering prolifically and will now die as all…

…away behind the Acer griseum. Lindera obtusiloba Lindera obtusiloba Assorted fallen leaves under the Acer griseum which never seems to colour up much here. A few are orangy griseum leaves…

…floridanum Lindera obtusiloba is about as out as it gets. Lindera obtusiloba Lindera obtusiloba It is not every day that I find a completely new plant (to me) in the…

…obtusiloba Lindera obtusiloba Mahonia leschenaultia is just coming into flower. Mahonia leschenaultia Mahonia leschenaultia Still the odd flower on Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’. Eucryphia lucida ‘Pink Cloud’ Flowers soon to…

…yellow. Lindera obtusiloba Lindera obtusiloba Alniphyllum aff. eberhartii still in full leaf – no flowers as yet although it is now 10-12ft tall. Alniphyllum aff. eberhartii A young Rhododendron bureavii…

…on the main ride has loads of flowers but its leaves look yellowish. At the Hillier arboretum this plant seems to do best in full shade. Illicium floriderum Lindera obtusiloba…

…bank at Hovel Cart Road is Lindera cercidifolia (planted 2002) coming nicely into flower and growing well in full sun. According to the reference books this is now Lindera obtusiloba…

…yellow autumn colour with next spring’s flower buds clearly in evidence. At the recent Garden Society dinner Rupert Eley compared this to Lindera obtusiloba and the variable leaves are clearly…