17th May

…real thing just in leaf. Very good it is too! Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ I had not really taken in how good…

16th November

…colours today. Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ Stewartia monodelpha is, today, easily the best of the Stewartia species for…

2nd May

…anomala spp. quelpartensis Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ presumably performs in the autumn or have I missed a spring show? Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ Corylopsis spicata ‘Golden…

31st October

…‘Flaming Suzy’. Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ And on a young Stewartia monodelpha in the sun and east wind. Stewartia monodelpha Stewartia monodelpha Camellia sasanqua ‘Sparkling Burgundy’…

14th March 1897 – 2020

…rigida Euphorbia rigide Pinus palustris Pinus palustris Pinus palustris Camellia ‘Mercury Supreme’ Camellia ‘Mercury Supreme’ Camellia ‘Pastel Shades’ Camellia ‘Pastel Shades’ Helleborus ‘Blue Metallic Lady’ Helleborus ‘Blue Metallic Lady’ Coleonema…

17th April

…Quercus palustris. Quercus palustris A young Athrotaxis laxifolia. Athrotaxis laxifolia Nearby an equally young Athrotaxis selaginoides. Athrotaxis selaginoides Aesculus glabra ‘April Wine’ just starting to perform. Aesculus glabra ‘April Wine’…

16th June

…‘Seattle Trident’ Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ (gift from John Vernon). Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ Crataegus wattiana with berries. Crataegus wattiana Severe deer damage to the trunk of Quercus ‘Belle d’Aquitaine’….

5th October

…what it is) with interesting bark and unwelcome squirrel damage. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Quercus palustris colouring up. Quercus palustris 2023 – CHW Crataegus combyi with a superb show as…

14th October

…Aucklandii Garden. Oreopanax glabratus (BSWJ 14728) Crataegus calpodendron with its first ripe fruits. Crataegus calpodendron Crataegus calpodendron Quercus palustris and Stewartia monodelpha colouring up together. Quercus palustris and Stewartia monodelpha…

8th November

…with fruits yet again this year. Cladrastis sinensis, the Chinese yellowwood, still with leaf. Its American cousin has been leafless for weeks. Cladrastis sinensis Quercus palustris ‘Flaming Suzy’ may not…