30th May

…This is better than I have ever seen this dullish species perform before. You could almost like it despite the nasty fragrance. Viburnum rhytidophyllum Viburnum rhytidophyllum The ancient huge wisteria…

4th September

…‘Pink Cloud’ An even better secondary show on another clump of Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’. Rhododendron ‘Blue Tit’ Viburnum rhytidophyllum now nearly full out but no butterflies feeding yet. Viburnum rhytidophyllum

4th August

…Wilson in 1908 but little known in cultivation today. Can reach 6-10 feet eventually. Viburnum wilsonae Viburnum wilsonae Viburnum rhytidophyllum with, as usual, seed heads and next years flower buds…

23rd September

…species. Cotoneaster wilsonii Cotoneaster thimphuensis Cotoneaster thimphuensis Cotoneaster thimphuensis Cotoneaster flinkii Cotoneaster flinkii Cotoneaster flinkii Cotoneaster rubens Cotoneaster rubens Cotoneaster rubens Cotoneaster rhytidophyllum Cotoneaster rhytidophyllum Cotoneaster rhytidophyllum Cotoneaster tengyuensis Cotoneaster…

16th May

…recently planted. Rhododendron (Azalea) calendulaceum ‘Sandling orange-red form’ Rhododendron (Azalea) calendulaceum ‘Sandling orange-red form’ Viburnum rhytidophyllum (not Viburnum x pragense as I thought a few days ago) out and over…

27th October

…at Canterbury Cathedral Queen’s Green Canopy Planting Ceremony at Canterbury Cathedral 20 October 2022 2021 – CHW Viburnum rhytidophyllum flowering out of season or secondary flowers? It should be out…

16th July

…Viburnum rhytidophyllum I have ever seen. Viburnum rhytidophyllum A good clump of Hydrangea serrata ‘Bluebird’? Hydrangea serrata ‘Bluebird’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Bluebird’ A large Nyssa sylvatica. Nyssa sylvatica Quercus suber planted…

20th September

…pitardii Secondary flowers on Viburnum rhytidophyllum which I had not expected after such a heavy crop of flowers in the summer. Viburnum rhytidophyllum Rhododendron ‘Bowjingles’ flowering in a nursery bed….

27th April

…Mallotus japonicus Rhododendron elliotii with two flowers out. Another species which is a month early. Rhododendron elliotii Rhododendron elliotii Viburnum x pragense or is it Viburnum rhytidophyllum? Viburnum x pragense?…

27th September

…Viburnum rhytidophyllum although that is not that clear from these pictures of a young plant. Cotoneaster rhytidophyllus Cotoneaster rhytidophyllus So we now have 10 young plants of different new species…