2nd June

kousa ‘Wolf Eyes’ full out. Cornus kousa ‘Wolf Eyes’ Cornus kousa ‘Wolf Eyes’ 2024 – CHW Sorbus hupehensis is growing into a decent small tree. Covered in flower. Sorbus hupehensis…

30th May

…Iris ‘Jane Phillips’ Rehmannia elata Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Milky Way’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Milky Way’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘China Girl’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘China Girl’ Styrax…

6th June

…the customers to people who knew exactly what they were.Couldn’t help stopping on the way out of the show to photograph Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’. Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’ Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’…

13th June

kousa chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Beautiful foliage on Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’. Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’ Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Goldrush’ now with…

22nd June

…were wilting.Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ at its best on Hovel Cart Road. Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Cornus kousa ‘Madame Butterfly’ Styrax wuyuanensis at its absolute best…

29th June

…of its lengthy performance. Still excellent. Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ Another decent clump of Rhododendron auriculatum which has not enjoyed the dry summers of late or the earlier…

5th July

…Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ properly out by the tower. Fuchsia ‘Lady Bacon’ Cornus kousa ‘China Doll’ nearly over. Cornus kousa ‘China Doll’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks-Blue’ and Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks-Blue’…

31st October

…they have found a Cornus kousa with huge fruits on just one limb and a Magnolia ‘March till Frost’ with plenty of secondary flowers. Cornus kousa Cornus kousa Magnolia ‘March…

7th November

…form. Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ Osmanthus heterophyllus is a pretty dull ‘holly like’ tree but it is one of the few plants (here a tree)…

12th October

…branches. Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Corylopsis ‘Spring Purple’ has as good an autumn display as its…

22nd September

…in profusion and swelling but not turning red just yet. I wonder why this exceptional variety is not more widely available? Cornus kousa ‘Gloria Birkett’ Cornus kousa ‘Gloria Birkett’ Cornus…

6th September

…robusta Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’ is laden with fruits which have turned from orange to red. Very early to be coloured up like this. Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’ Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’ Cornus…

9th September

…off. The squirrels adore Cornus kousa chinensis fruits most as they have the largest and presumably sweetest ‘strawberries’ of all. However other Cornus kousa varieties do have large fruits too…

3rd September

…Peumus boldus The original Lindera megaphylla has lost a large branch in the gale. Lindera megaphylla Plenty of fruit on Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’. Cornus kousa ‘Gold Star’ Last few…

8th July

…flowers but now think it is Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Spinners’. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Spinners’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Spinners’ 2019 – CHW A visit to Godshill Model Village…

8th June

…‘Fern Leaf’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Xanthocarpa’ has yellow (not red) fruits which we can now look forward to as it flowers for the first time. Cornus kousa var. chinensis…

11th November

…a tremendous crop of strawberry fruits as last year. Cornus kousa ‘Gloria Birkett’ Cornus kousa ‘Gloria Birkett’ The unnamed hedge of Camellia x williamsii is just out at the top…

16th September

…half of them. I have never seen the fruit on this tree before. Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’ Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’ Catalpa bignonoides, the Indian bean tree, living up to its name….

25th October

…‘Doubloon’. Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’ Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’ And on Rhododendron weyrichii. Rhododendron weyrichii Rhododendron weyrichii 2017 – CHW A clump of Rhododendron davidsonianum has been hard pruned to reshoot. Rhododendron…

24th September

…Acer campestre Cornus kousa ‘Wendel Weeping’ has a few smallish fruits but is not going to be anything startling in this department. Cornus kousa ‘Wendel Weeping’ Cornus kousa ‘Wendel Weeping’…