…salicifolia. Magnolia salicifolia An elderly Magnolia sprengeri var. diva with hollowed out trunks. Magnolia sprengeri var. diva Very few berries this year on Ilex verticillata. Ilex verticillata Ilex verticillata Plenty…

…usual. Ilex verticillata Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ also living well up to its name. Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ Gaultheria mucronata varieties making a great show. Gaultheria mucronata Cornus ‘Sunshiny Drops’…

…cavalerei var. platypetala Michelia floribunda var. tonkinensis (WWJ 11982) with a few flowers high up. Not as many flowers as last year. Michelia floribunda var. tonkinensis (WWJ 11982) 2022 –…

…I am still a bit suspicious of this naming when I look at the flower clusters. Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis Styrax hookeri var. yunnanensis Salvia leucantha just out. Salvia leucantha…

…clusters of berries turning colour quickly from a fortnight ago. Photinia beauvardiana var. notabilis Photinia beauvardiana var. notabilis Maackia chinensis has lost a twisted limb. Now all cut up and…

…pubiflora Drimys winteri var. andina as a mature tree here unlike yesterday’s small one. Drimys winteri var. andina Drimys winteri var. andina Drimys winteri var. andina Drimys winteri var. andina…

…Snow Michael’ Magnolia cylindrica destroyed in the deluges. Magnolia cylindrica destroyed Magnolia ‘Joli Pompon’. Magnolia ‘Joli Pompon’ Staphylea holocarpa var. rosea smashed up by the rain. Staphylea holocarpa var. rosea…

…seed heads now swelling. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Cream’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Cream’ The best blue hydrangea clump in the garden Dad always maintained in shade above…

…as crumpled as last years flowers. Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ Magnolia virginiana var. virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ Magnolia virginiana var. australis ‘Satellite’ covered in flower. Magnolia virginiana var. australis…

…of Frosterley. The snowberries were very fine and just starting to drop off the trees in a wind. Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus Symphoricarpos albus var. laevigatus A magnificent Sequoiadendron giganteum…

…lambs are enjoying playing about in the branches. lambs dead elms lambs Sciadopitys verticillata. Sciadopitys verticillata Taiwania cryptomerioides. Taiwania cryptomerioides Picea glauca var. albertiana ‘Piccolo’. Picea glauca var. albertiana ‘Piccolo’…

…var. diva Magnolia sprengeri var. diva Magnolia sprengeri var. diva Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata ‘Burncoose Tennis Court’ is nearly white. I saw a good plant at Tregothnan recently beside their…

…the Record Tree Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta. Magnolia x sprengeri var. diva ‘Burncoose’ and the Record Tree Magnolia sargentiana var. robusta A spectacular show from the Record Magnolia sargentiana var.…

…stand Acacia cultriformis. Acacia cultriformis Acacia verticillata. Acacia verticillata Acacia melanoxylon. Acacia melanoxylon Picea glauca var. albertiana ‘Piccolo’. Picea glauca var. albertiana ‘Piccolo’ Abies pinsapo. Abies pinsapo Abies homolepis. Abies…

…flowering well. Syringa wilsonii Syringa wilsonii A young Meliosma beaniana finally making good growth. Meliosma beaniana The bracts on Cornus kousa var. chinensis just emerging on the drive. Cornus kousa…

…diva. The shape is unique and unmistakeable. Magnolia sprengeri var. diva The two huge trees of Magnolia kobus var. borealis in the Rookery are nearly over with leaf just forming…

…macroptera var. insignis with numerous seed tassels. Planted in 2018. Pterocarya macroptera var. insignis Pterocarya macroptera var. insignis Pterocarya macroptera var. insignis New growth on Nyssa sinensis (FMWJ 13122). Nyssa…

…blew down recently at Donkey Shoe Abies forrestii Abies forrestii Abies forrestii A very fine Rhododendron arboreum var roseum Rhododendron arboreum var roseum Rhododendron arboreum var roseum Rhododendron arboreum var…

…leaves. Flowers long gone. Bark a bit different too. Davidia involucrata var. vilmoriniana Davidia involucrata var. vilmoriniana Juglans ailanthifolia – Japanese walnut – also with well advanced walnut formations as…

…kousa variety below Slip Rail which I had not spotted before with very tiny flowers but now think it is Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Spinners’. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Spinners’…