6th May

…‘County Park Fire’ Viburnum odoratissimum full out today. Viburnum odoratissimum Viburnum odoratissimum Viburnum odoratissimum Fagus sylvatica ‘Brathay Purple’ has peculiar curled and twisted leaves. Fagus sylvatica ‘Brathay Purple’ Fagus sylvatica…

18th July

…mainly on the drive now that all the grass here has been cut. Viburnum odoratissimum var. awabuki with a good show of flowers for the first time. This quick growing,…

3rd May

…large shrub with huge glossy and shining leaves. Hillier’s says it is a form of Viburnum odoratissimum but a good one and worth propagating. No flowers yet although V. odoratissimum

10th September

…palmatum varieties Acer palmatum varieties Acer palmatum varieties Polianthes tuberosa (the single flowered form) beautifully in flower with gorgeous scent. Polianthes tuberosa Viburnum odoratissimum with an odd secondary flower in…

11th January 1897- 2020

…us and only a year from planting out. Hillier’s say it is a form of Viburnum odoratissimum and this had occurred to me as well. I will photograph the true…

20th January 1897- 2020

…and Viburnum odoratissimum will be ready for a new rhododendron planting when the stumps can be removed. clearing of old reticulata camellias and Viburnum odoratissimum Nearby Cornus honkongensis has a…

30th April

…is similar. New growth more like Viburnum odoratissimum. Three quite similar species if that is what they are? Viburnum cinnamomifolium Viburnum cinnamomifolium This is a pure white form of Abutilon…

2nd June

…wife, and the film crew Rick Stein, his wife, and the film crew Styrax veitchiorum (Styrax odoratissimum) Rhododendron ‘Lem’s Monarch’Rhododendron excellens and Rhododendron williamsianumMagnolia sieboldiiIf we had not all been…

10th June

…V. odoratissimum in flower although not evergreen. Viburnum wilsonii Viburnum wilsonii The evergreen Syzygium smithii with its exceptional bronzy new growth. Myrtaceae family and known in New Zealand as the…

30th July

…that I have ever seen a flower on Mitchella repens before but I have seen its ‘Partridge Berries’. Mitchella repens Viburnum cylindricum just coming into flower. Similar to Viburnum odoratissimum