…signs of early autumn leaf colouring. Staphylea pinnata Staphylea pinnata Staphylea pinnata Staphylea pinnata Staphylea pinnata Staphylea x elegans (S. colchica x S. pinnata) is known to be very variable….

…Staphylea pinnata Staphylea pinnata Staphylea pinnata Clearly the name is in the leaf not the seeds! Pinnata has trilobed seeds pods even if also pinnate leaves! Asia need to get…

…in bud. Malus ‘Harry Baker’ 2023 – CHW I cut the suckers off the 3 grafted Syringa pinnata 2 years ago but to no avail. Just out now. Syringa pinnata…

…the others which are now over? Staphylea pinnata Staphylea pinnata Another one bites the dust as a Chelsea exhibit. Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ out already. Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Rhododendron ‘Winsome’ Azalea ‘Fedora’ very…

…leaves behind) above the wall by the old play house. SYRINGA pinnata SYRINGA pinnata Three Syringa pinnata full out outside the front gate. I first saw this very unlilac-like syringa…

…amurensis var. latifolia Rhododendron neriiflorum nicely out. Rhododendron neeriflorum Syringa pinnata hiding away its white flowers. Syringa pinnata Syringa pinnata This cherry above the Four in Hand was bought from…

…Staphylea pinnata (correctly named) just coming out. Planted in 2014. Staphylea pinnata Staphylea pinnata Then to Burncoose to sort out the pot sizes for the two Chelsea Plant of the…

…‘Tortoiseshell Orange’ Rhododendron nuttallii. Rhododendron nuttallii A good cut back of Ilex perado subsp. platyphylla in the Rookery. Ilex perado subsp. platyphylla A young Quercus pinnata vendulosa in the Rookery…

…splendid. Rodgersia pinnata Rodgersia pinnata Allium cernuum was especially good. Worth Burncoose stocking this. Allium cernuum Allium cernuum Gillenia trifoliata – an entirely new herbaceous perennial to me and an…

…and sometimes a single capsule of two seeds. Still green but very obvious on the small tree. Staphylea pinnata Staphylea pinnata 2017 – CHW The 2018 Burncoose catalogue first proof…

…clearing Rookery clearing 2022 – CHW A shriveled and rather pathetic display on Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ below Slip Rail. Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ Staphylea pinnata turning colour prematurely. Staphylea pinnata Another…

…and very few ‘bladders’ this year due to the hot summer. It is in full sun here. Staphylea pinnata Staphylea pinnata Loads of still unripe seeds on Styrax serrulatus which…

…it takes all the energy from the grafted plant which is doing well. Syringa pinnata Syringa pinnata The buds on Camellia x williamsii ‘J C Williams’ will be showing colour…

…ovalifolia – Forrest introduction). Lyonia ligustrina Lyonia ligustrina The bladders on Staphylea pinnata have turned pink. Staphylea pinnata And more yellow on Staphylea colchica. Staphylea colchica Rhododendron ‘Norfolk Candy’ is…

…to cock ups Magnolia maudiae x laevifolia: SUPERB Mahonia bealei ‘Cornish Silver’: Blue leaves and undersides Mahonia eurybracteata Mahonia pinnata: Tall grower Mahonia russellii Mexico: Needham intro Mahonia sp. Ogishu…

…CHW Exciting news! Meliosma oldhamii (formerly Meliosma pinnata var. oldhamii) has produced a number of flower heads at the apex of its stems. It has never flowered before here but…

…first lorry going to Chelsea Staphylea colchica was looking especially good but far too far out to cut for Chelsea. Staphylea pinnata nearby is nearly over and far less floriferous….

…still survives) Meliosma veitchiorum (the only one to retain its original name – original Chinese introduction here which still survives) Meliosma oldhamii (now Meliosma pinnata var. oldhamii – flowered here…

…Dove’ Staphylea colchica with large bladders already turning colour. Some dieback on the tree in the drought. No bladders at all on the nearby Staphylea pinnata which has shed them…

…changed all the names: Meliosma beaniana – now Meliosma alba (we have record tree) Meliosma oldhamii – now Meliosma pinnata subsp arnottiana (absurd – what did Mr Arnott have against…