…from Nikki Applewhite. Tilia caroliniana subsp. heterophylla Aesculus glabra ‘April Wine’ Aesculus glabra ‘April Wine’ Acer campbellii subsp. frangipanense (BSWJ 8270) planted in 2010 with wonderful bronzy new growth and…

…pots and already flowering well. Michelia ‘Mixed up Miss’ Beautiful young growth on Koelreuteria bipinnata in the frame. Koelreuteria bipinnata Aesculus glabra ‘April Wine’ living up to its name with…

…‘Jelly King’ Malus ‘Brandy Wine’. Malus ‘Brandy Wine’ Malus brevipes ‘Wedding Bouquet’. Malus brevipes ‘Wedding Bouquet’ Malus ‘Royalty’. Malus ‘Royalty’ Malus ‘Butterball’. Malus ‘Butterball’ Malus ‘Butterball’ Malus ‘Indian Magic’. Malus…

…Quercus palustris. Quercus palustris A young Athrotaxis laxifolia. Athrotaxis laxifolia Nearby an equally young Athrotaxis selaginoides. Athrotaxis selaginoides Aesculus glabra ‘April Wine’ just starting to perform. Aesculus glabra ‘April Wine’…

…five years after planting above Rogers Quarry. rhodo seedling Rhododendron ‘Wine & Roses’ just out. Rhododendron ‘Wine & Roses’ First flower on Magnolia ‘Peachy’. Magnolia ‘Peachy’ Magnolia ‘Kusious’ which must…

…Copper House. Pieris japonica ‘Flaming Silver’ alongside Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ at the cash point. Pieris japonica ‘Flaming Silver’ alongside Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’ A flower just coming out on…

…only aloud to work in the arboretum twice a week, sometines only once, so it’s quit frustrating. Thank god we have good french wine to help us cope with that…

…press try to pinch our drinks and few scuffles break out. The Terra Firma Italian wine has supercharged corks which go flying as does the pink fizz. The TV cameras…

…The flowers on M. ‘Port Wine’ may well not be that different to M. figo itself (as we saw recently) but ‘White Caviar’ is getting better and better. Unlike M….

…wine supplies hold out and we give Terence some stick over the seating plan which was a gorgeous cock up wasting hours of happy time as not everyone had a…

…at all. After a glass of wine somehow the depression lifts when one thinks about new species to try in catalogues and in our nursery beds. Tom Hudson’s email today…

…– these two plants have doubled in size since I last saw them on this very hot top bank. Brahea armata Brahea armata Jubaea chilensis – Chilean wine palm with…

…its edible orange raspberries (the wine berry) for the first time. The pheasant poults ate them all last year before I had a chance to taste one. Well recommended to…

…interesting to observe his career which I suspect will be spectacular in the horticultural world. He went away with loads of seeds and cuttings and just a little wine.Lithocarpus pachyphyllus…

…couple of young Rhododendron ‘Wine and Roses’. Polyspora longicarpa (WWJ 11604) Polyspora longicarpa (WWJ 11604) First flower on Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’. Camellia x williamsii ‘Beatrice Michael’ Camellia ‘Cornish…

…decline.The film crew arrived at 8.00am and left at 5.50pm with their ‘toys’ and the odd glass of wine. A profitably day which makes me think. What they bought was…