6th May

…Podocarpus ‘County Park Fire’ Podocarpus ‘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…

3rd May

…Viburnum awabuki is becoming a 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…

11th January

…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 V. odoratissimum shortly. Viburnum…

10th September

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

20th January

…– CHW The new clearing of old reticulata camellias and Viburnum odoratissimum will be ready for a new rhododendron planting when the stumps can be removed. clearing of old reticulata…

30th April

…for the flowers here but the leaf is similar. New growth more like Viburnum odoratissimum. Three quite similar species if that is what they are? Viburnum cinnamomifolium Viburnum cinnamomifolium This…

2nd June

…five hours. In the garden we filmed: Rick Stein, his wife, and the film crew Rick Stein, his wife, and the film crew Styrax veitchiorum (Styrax odoratissimum) Rhododendron ‘Lem’s Monarch’Rhododendron…

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

…Mitchella repens Viburnum cylindricum just coming into flower. Similar to Viburnum odoratissimum and Viburnum cinnamomifolium in leaf and flower? Viburnum cylindricum Our next crop of Musa basjoo looking particularly healthy….