2nd April

…up from sea level in Sichuan and planted here in 2001. Betula pendula ssp. szechuanica ‘Liuba White’ Betula pendula ssp. szechuanica ‘Liuba White’ I think these are new male catkins…

April 2024 Ireland Trip (Day 2)

…best specimen I have ever seen. The amazing 200 year old (grafted) weeping beech. (Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula’) The amazing 200 year old (grafted) weeping beech. (Fagus sylvatica ‘Pendula’) The amazing…

20th September

…rubrum Secondary autumn flowers on Rhododendron yakushimanum. Unreal! Rhododendron ‘Yellow Hammer’ Despite all the rain the pond levels are low. pond levels are low One of the Hoheria sexstylosa ‘Pendula’…

13th November

…a nice yellow. Styrax japonicus ‘Pendula’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pendula’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pendula’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pendula’ Despite it being mid November Magnolia ‘Star Wars’ still has full leaf and loads of…

15th November

…one too. Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Imbricata Pendula’ Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Imbricata Pendula’ 2017 – CHW Syringa emodii ‘Aureovariegata’ still with no sign of autumn. The prominent dark green centres of its leaves…

20th November

…cones on the Cedrus deodara ‘Pendula’ at Tin Garden. This is the first time we have seen this on this 30+ year old tree. Cedrus deodara ‘Pendula’ Cedrus deodara ‘Pendula’…

11th March 1897 – 2020

…rare tree but could you ever grow it into a saleable state in a pot? (Recently reclassified as xanthocyparis rather than chamaecyparis.) Xanthocyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula’ Xanthocyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula’ Xanthocyparis nootkatensis…

18th September

…of the other hoheria varieties (including Hoheria angustifolia) have any flower at all. Hoheria sextylosa is late this year. Hoheria sextylosa ‘Pendula’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Pendula’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Pendula’ The leaf…

April 2018 Irish trip (Day 3)

…Chamaecyparisus lawsoniana imbricata ‘Pendula’ – a marvellous weeping tree. Chamaecyparisus lawsoniana imbricata ‘Pendula’ Chamaecyparisus lawsoniana imbricata ‘Pendula’ Chamaecyparisus lawsoniana imbricata ‘Pendula’ The two Acer ‘Senkaki’ above the kitchen garden came…

2nd October

…late summer flowering! Hoheria sextylosa ‘Pendula’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Pendula’ Hoheria sextylosa ‘Pendula’ Nearby is Hoheria sextylosa with a much more erect habit. The flowers are larger on the newer growth…

17th June

…as the one seen last week but its flowers will be more visible. Styrax japonicus ‘Pendula’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pendula’ Styrax japonicus ‘Pendula’ A moderately mature Styrax japonicus near it. Also…

1st May

…catalogue. Prunus pendula ‘Stellata’ Prunus pendula ‘Stellata’ Prunus pendula ‘Stellata’ Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ full out. You can hardly see the white new growth now. Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’ Azalea ‘Caerhays Lavender’…

5th April

…albosinensis Betula pendula ssp. szechuanica ‘Liuba White’. The catkins have individual flowers with red centres. Catkins in profusion all over. Betula pendula ssp. szechuanica ‘Liuba White’ Betula pendula ssp. szechuanica…

1st April

…Betula utilis subsp. jacquemontii ‘Knightshayes’ Betula utilis subsp. jacquemontii ‘Knightshayes’ Betula utilis subsp. jacquemontii ‘Knightshayes’ Betula pendula subsp. szechuanica ‘Liuba White’. Betula pendula subsp. szechuanica ‘Liuba White’ Betula pendula subsp….

28th June

…have some pink in their centres. Pink buds. Styrax japonica ‘Rubra Pendula’ Styrax japonica ‘Rubra Pendula’ Two flowers on the very tender Digitalis spectrum. Digitalis spectrum Digitalis spectrum Digitalis spectrum…

6th March 1897 – 2020

…Betula albosinensis var. septemtrionalis Betula raddeana Betula utilis ssp. jacquemontii Betula pubescens Betula papyrifera Betula var. commutata Betula alleghaniensis Betula dahurica Betula albosinensis Betula pendula ssp. populifolis Betula x caerulea…

22nd December

…Abelia grandiflora Abelia grandiflora Carpinus betulus ‘Pendula’ still with wonderful autumn colour in late December. A small growing ‘mushroom’ shaped tree which Burncoose ought to stock. Carpinus betulus ‘Pendula’ Carpinus…

7th November

…at home. Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula’ Chamaecyparis nootkatensis ‘Pendula’ Brahea armata in the Mediterranean Biome. Our plant above the greenhouse is doing fine outside so far. Brahea armata Lavender dentata or…

15th October

…already 6-8 feet tall with its first spectacular flower. Very vigorous but rather fragile. Indigofera pendula Indigofera pendula The first cartload of plants for the newly cleared area above the…

9th October

…CHW Podocarpus nubigenus ‘Pendula’ was a gift from Wakehurst. Here one with the lower weeping branches removed and one still intact and drooping everywhere. Podocarpus nubigenus ‘Pendula’ Podocarpus nubigenus ‘Pendula’…