…eaten the few black berries there were this year. Cornus walteri Cornus walteri Cornus walteri Cornus walteri Cotoneaster franchetii still covered in berries. Cotoneaster franchetii The largest monkey puzzle against…

…the path with a very strong viburnum scent. Viburnum parvifolium Cornus walteri just coming out – Champion tree. Cornus walteri 2024 – CHW A Nakahari azalea with more flower than…

…berries. Cornus walteri Cornus walteri Cornus walteri Styrax japonica ‘Pink Chimes’ is a little further on with its dropping habit that tends to hide the flowers below the branches. Hence…

…are better later. Cornus walteri Cornus walteri Cornus walteri 2020 – CHW A trip up the drive now that it is cut.Very few flowers this year on the semi evergreen…

…huge clump. Cornus walteri Cornus walteri Preparations for tomorrow’s charity fete are well underway. Grass all cut (even the water-meadows), sponsors boards up and three tents in place. Preparations for…

…You might expect good autumn colour soon but I do not recollect anything standing out on this cold, windy corner. Cornus walteri Cornus walteri Buddleia lindleyana still has violet purple…

…looking good in its yellow autumn robes but today rather drab with the best leaves blown off. Cornus walteri Cornus walteri The first daffodil shoots by the fernery. I pictured…

…or is it a Cotoneaster x walteri hybrid? It is not an evergreen and it is near two other plants which may be Cotoneaster x walteri or Cotoneaster salicifolius forms….

…pulchra just into flower. Originally a gift from Roy Lancaster. Deutzia pulchra First flowers out on Cornus walteri by the Fernery. Cornus walteri First showing on Hydrangea ‘Hobella’. Hydrangea ‘Hobella’…

…2022 – CHW Cornus walteri now fully out in flower on the drive. Blown open in the wind. Cornus walteri A hint of pink on Styrax japonicus ‘Pink Chimes’. Pinkish…

…Magnolia sapiensis Magnolia sapiensis Good new young growth on a young Quercus uvarifolius. Quercus uvarifolius Quercus uvarifolius Cornus walteri (formerly Cornus wilsonii) plastered in flowers across this huge bush which…

…Cornus walteri. Cornus walteri Secondary flowers (and no fruit) on Malus ‘Dr Campbells’. Malus ‘Dr Campbells’ Malus ‘Red Sentinel’. Malus ‘Red Sentinel’ Malus x robusta ‘Fruitilicious’. Malus x robusta ‘Fruitilicious’…

…ground – here above Red Linney. first daffodil bulbs Some autumn colour left on Parrotia persica but not much. Parrotia persica Cornus walteri holds its leaves well into winter. Cornus…

…Eucryphia intermedia (above Orchid House), Styrax wilsoni, Cornus cuspidata, kousa and walteri, Kalmia, Euonymus wilsonii, Styrax japonica (at its best) ditto Magnolia macrophylla – Mag sieboldii. Camellia mathotiana alba in…