6th May

sylvatica ‘Brathay Purple’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Franken’ has equally odd mottled white and cream leaves. Fagus sylvatica ‘Franken’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Franken’ This is a very much more cut leaf form of…

20th October

…Nyssa sylvatica ‘?’ also a drooping habit but the label is lost and this is not on the plan. Nyssa sylvatica ‘?’ Nyssa sylvatica ‘?’ Nyssa sylvatica ‘Miss Scarlet’ seems…

7th May

…form of Fagus sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia’ so ‘Purpurea Asplenifolia’ I assume? Not listed in the new Hillier’s. Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea Asplenifolia’? A young Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea’ at the top of the…

16th May

…‘Aurea’? Fagus sylvatica ‘Zlatia’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Zlatia’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Zlatia’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Asplenifolia’ – one of my first purchases from David Knuckey and the old South Down Nurseries 35 to…

17th May

…Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ Aesculus sylvatica with its first decent flowering in Tin Garden. Aesculus sylvatica Aesculus sylvatica Aesculus sylvatica The rare Quercus hypoxantha with new leaves and…

1st May

…Quercus mongolica coming into leaf. Quercus mongolica Fagus sylvatica ‘Bicolor Sartini’ especially attractive today. I had never seen it before just into leaf. Fagus sylvatica ‘Bicolor Sartini’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Bicolor…

25th May

…properly out. Crataegus laevigata ‘Paul’s Scarlett’ Crataegus laevigata ‘Paul’s Scarlett’ Aesculus sylvatica – not sure? Aesculus sylvatica Aesculus sylvatica 2021 – CHW A nursery day with a plant order for…

19th May

…‘Jack Fogg’ above Crinodendron Hedge. Michelia foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ New leaves on Fagus sylvatica ‘Prince George of Crete’. Fagus sylvatica ‘Prince George of Crete’ Podocarpus lawrencei ‘Purple King’ purchased at…

14th May

sylvatica ‘Purpurea Tricolor’ Fagus sylvatica ‘Purpurea Tricolor’ Iris pseudacorus (yellow flag) growing by the pond. I wonder why I have never seen this out here before? Chelsea of course! We…

11th November

…four days. The red is going and more yellow now. Nyssa sylvatica ‘Wisley Bonfire’ Nyssa sylvatica ‘Autumn Cascade’ has had its cascading bits chewed off by deer and has yet…